Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje Paperback Book

Description: Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje Michael Ondaatjes incredible debut novel of Jazz and strife, published for the first time in Vintage Classics alongside his memoir, Running in the FamilyDiscover Michael Ondaatjes debut novel, a beautifully detailed story, perhaps the finest jazz novel ever written Sunday TimesBased on the life of cornet player Buddy Bolden, one of the legendary jazz pioneers of turn-of-the-twentieth-century New Orleans, Coming Through Slaughter is an extraordinary recreation of a remarkable musical life and a tragic conclusion. Through a collage of memoirs, interviews, imaginary conversations and monologues, Ondaatje builds a picture of a man who would work by day at a barber shop and by night unleash his talent to wild audiences who had never experienced such playing. But Buddy was also playing the field with two women, and inside his head was a ticking time-bomb which he was unable to stop. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Michael Ondaatje is the author of several novels, as well as a memoir, a nonfiction book on film, and several books of poetry. Among his many Canadian and international recognitions, his novel The English Patient won the 1992 Man Booker Prize, was adapted into a multi-award winning Oscar movie, and was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize in 2018; Anils Ghost won the Giller Prize, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and the Prix Medicis; and Warlight was longlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize. Born in Sri Lanka, Michael Ondaatje lives in Toronto. Review The downtown world of bars, whores, streetlife bursting with music is evoked so vividly, so pungently you seem to breathe in the atmosphere... I havent been so excited by a new writer for a long time * Time Out *A beautifully detailed story, perhaps the finest jazz novel ever written * Sunday Times *Not only the best jazz novel ever written, but one of the best novels of any kind published in English in the last ten years * The Musician *Michael Ondaatje is a novelist with the heart of a poet * Chicago Tribune * Review Quote The downtown world of bars, whores, streetlife bursting with music is evoked so vividly, so pungently you seem to breathe in the atmosphere... I havent been so excited by a new writer for a long time Promotional "Headline" Michael Ondaatjes incredible debut novel of Jazz and strife, published for the first time in Vintage Classics alongside his memoir, Running in the Family Details ISBN1784877824 Author Michael Ondaatje Pages 176 Publisher Vintage Publishing Year 2022 ISBN-10 1784877824 ISBN-13 9781784877828 Format Paperback Imprint Vintage Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Publication Date 2022-12-08 UK Release Date 2022-12-08 Narrator Geoffrey Beevers Illustrator Gladys Jose AU Release Date 2022-12-08 NZ Release Date 2022-12-08 Birth 1927 Affiliation Clark University Position journalist Qualifications PhD Alternative 9781529193473 DEWEY 813.54 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:141836782;

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