Michael Ondaatje's poems have been celebrated by readers and writers alike for containing some of the most memorable and moving verse written in the past half-century. The Story combines Ondaatje's sensual writing with watercolor illustrations by celebrated painter David Bolduc, making a unique item. Left-hand pages contain Bolduc's art while right-hand pages contain Ondaatje's poem — both typeset and in the author's own handwriting. This elegant housing is a fitting accompaniment to Ondaatje's elegaic poem, which follows his larger themes — love, memory, family, exile — even as it unfolds into "our dismantled childhoods," and offers readers the opportunity to extend its narrative into their own lives.
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"and then the past is erased"........,
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.....We are told on the first page of "THE STORY".
Children are given forty days of dreams of previous lives and then "the past is erased". This is a beautifully written and illustrated little book that teases out questions and follows with elegiac whispers of the memories, the histories that were present before the maps were buried. The poem takes us to a place we have already been trained to enter and conquer, only any projection past that point is unknown..... thus at the end we are left to reflect and wonder.....and hope for our future. Michael Ondaatje magically takes the reader into his hands and transports him gently through his poem in a dreamlike haze. This lovely little book would make a wonderful gift and knowing that all royalties go directly to a fundraising project for World Literacy of Canada is an added bonus!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Difficult poem, beautiful illustrations,
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The poem follows a group of 7 who infiltrate a kingdom and kill soldiers (and the king?). Then they must try to get out. I found that part of storyline distasteful even though it is linked to the first part of the poem in which there are some beautiful images. The images that touched me were of infants remembering past lives, being born in a family of memories, and a husband braiding his hair with his wive's hair. David Bolduc's illustrations are wonderful. I am so glad that I saw them. The poem is presented in type and in red pen which I found distracting. The 3 stars are for the enchanting illustrations and the poem's beginning. I realize it is my personal taste that I did not care for the killing aspect--which was not given the framework of purpose, morality.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
NICE BOOK,
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I knew the poem "The Story" from another collection of poetry. But it is still nice to have the book "The Story"!
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