3 December 2020 Michael Ondaatje In the book the relationship with Katharine and Almasy is sort of only in the patient’s mind.
3 December 2020 Michael Ondaatje That’s Anil’s path. She grows up in Sri Lanka, goes and gets educated abroad, and through fate or chance gets brought back by the Human Rights Commission to investigate war crimes.
3 December 2020 Michael Ondaatje The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. Meander if you want to get to town.