Autobiographical account of a Sri Lanka born Canadian, woven around his journey through Sri Lanka.

Christopher Ondaatje, long fascinated with Richard Burton and wishing to relive his 1856 African exploration, prepared for this journey by studying the expeditions of several Victorian travellers, for each had returned with part of the ...

Sindh Revisited is the remarkable story of the author's fascination with the early life of Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890).

Leonard Woolf was sent to Ceylon in 1904 as a civil servant. In this text, Ondaatje revisits Woolf's former imperial haunts and considers his wide range of writings on the region.

Ondaatje follows the trail of Hemingway's two major African safaris and analyzes Hemingway's writings to uncover a startling amount of new material on this vitally important aspect of his life and work. Includes lavish illustrations.

The stories tell of Ondaatje’s childhood days in Ceylon, his early life in Canada, his fascination with inexplicable events and local superstitions, and his sometimes perilous travels researching biographies of Ernest Hemingway in Africa, ...

In 'The Power of Paper', he undertakes a fascinating journey - both historical and personal - in order to examine its significance.