The Story

About this book

Michael Ondaatjes 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 Ondaatjes sensual writing with watercolor illustrations by celebrated painter David Bolduc making a unique item. Left-hand pages contain Bolducs art while right-hand pages contain Ondaatjes poem both typeset and in the authors own handwriting. This elegant housing is a fitting accompaniment to Ondaatjes 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.