Unconsoled David Lagercrantz Michael Ondaatje returned to his

Michael Ondaatje returned to his native island of Sri Lanka

putting front and centre a life of ideas and imagination

the streets of Kabul loud with the sound of gunfire and bombs

born in Jordan and very secretive about her past

Unconsoled David Lagercrantz Michael Ondaatje returned to hisRyder, a renowned pianist, arrives in a Central European city he cannot identify for a concert he cannot remember agreeing to give. But then as he traverses a landscape by turns eerie and comical and always strangely malleable, as a dream might be he comes steadily to realise he is facing the most crucial performance of his life. Ishiguro's extraordinary and original study of a man whose life has accelerated beyond his control was met on publication