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In the Skin of a Lion
by Michael Ondaatje
Nov. 26, 2023 - Nov. 30, 2023 (read, fiction, class-struggle, worth-rereading)

Ondaatje, M. (1987). In the Skin of a Lion. Penguin Books.


Penguin Books, 1987. 256 pages. Paperback. 9780140113099

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p.153
annunciation »
an act or instance of announcing; proclamation
p.133
descant »
(noun) a melody or counterpoint sung above the pl…
p.236
I fought tooth and nail for that herringbone
– Your goddamn herringbone tiles in the toilets c…
p.163
to know her when she was old
He had wanted to know her when she was old. At lu…
p.132
they keep you in the tunnels and stockyards
“I’ll tell you about the rich,” Alice would say, …
p.130
a cigarette, a star beam through their flesh
What the dyers wanted, standing there together, t…
p.128
he saw something there he would never fully reach
His mind skates across old conversations. The pas…