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Michael Ondaatje speaking at UW - March 3, 2008

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Michael Ondaatje reading a section of his new novel "Divisadero" at the University of Wyoming - March 3, 2008

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  • Funny. I was wondering what that passage would sound like in Ondaatje's voice: what it would be like if I could hear him read it. I wanted to feel the cadence of it; the beginning of that book is so water-clear. There isn't a wasted word, yet he captures it all. You hear everything you would want to know about Claire at that point, and Anna. He never forces the story on you; never imposes himself between story and reader. He just presents what is: lets the tale take root in your own belly.

  • Oh, non-linear. Yes, that would be a good way to describe that book: but that's what makes it wonderful.

  • What does he say after he says "the book is complicated", near the beginning?

  • Interesting. Thanks for posting that.

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