Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje

Running in the Family

Michael Ondaatje

208 pages first pub 1982 (editions)

nonfiction biography essays memoir travel emotional reflective slow-paced
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In the late 1970s Ondaatje returned to his native island of Sri Lanka. As he records his journey through the drug-like heat and intoxicating fragrances of that "pendant off the ear of India, " Ondaatje simultaneously retraces the baroque mythology...

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Moods

reflective 89%
emotional 58%
funny 46%
adventurous 28%
challenging 20%
lighthearted 17%
informative 12%
sad 12%
relaxing 10%
dark 7%
hopeful 7%
inspiring 7%
tense 2%

Pace

medium 44%
slow 41%
fast 13%

Average rating

3.67

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