The Distance of a Shout Selected Poems

<p><b>From independence movements in Sri Lanka to train stations in contemporary Ontario, an intimate and witty selection of Michael Ondaatje's most widely loved poems taken across fifty years</b><br> <br> <b>'My life always stops for a new book by Michael Ondaatje'</b> JHUMPA LAHIRI<br> <br> <b>'Each new book of Michael Ondaatje's is a literary event, but that is particularly true for his books of poetry'</b> TERRANCE HAYES<br> <br> The poetry of Michael Ondaatje begins in memory: distant landscapes, myths from childhood, fleeting interactions with loved ones, and characters from history itself. In poems that are spare as often as they are fable-like - as tender as they are heart-wrenching - the poet navigates the past, looks toward the future, and unearths inevitable truths about the world.<br> <br> Assembling Michael Ondaatje's finest poems in one brilliant volume, <i>The Distance of a Shout</i> chronicles the poet's journey - moving book to book, moment to moment, border to border - and leads the reader through the threshold of discovery itself. <i>The Distance of a Shout</i> is a profound and gorgeous collection by an indispensable poet of our time, and proof of why miraculous poetry endures.</p>