This is a multi-layered story. The reader is given glimpses of individuals who are at odds with their destinies while the threat of political oppressions looms in the background. In five short days, the reader will see the lives of our main characters irrevocably changed. The epic story of Esteban Trueba, the patriarch of a wild and magical family. Events in the family merge into the real story of the short-lived presidency of Socialist Salvador Allende and the violent coup that ousted him from power in Chile in 1973.
Wonderful women survive against tremendous obstacles.
Ondaatje s tour do force, which applies exquisitely poetic diction to the intrigue of wartime espionage, the tension of the disposal of unexploded bombs, and the mysterious identity of the burned patient in a British military hospital. As the mysteries are unraveled, watch for the author s sharp commentary on social issues and his attempt to redefine family and faith- Ondaatje weaves together the stories of a disparate cast of characters the patient, a Sikli sapper, a Canadian nurse, and a spy named Caravaggio. The Stranger by Albert Camus One of the masterpieces of the existential movement in world literature, This short but penetrating study of an ordinary man, Meursault, raises a lot of questions about the nature of our lives and our beliefs.