Elizabeth V. reviewed on 4/9/2008 + 3 more book reviews

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This is a book about war and the devastation of war on the innocent. It makes an impact not so much in the descriptions of battle and devastation but in the dreamy quality to the story itself. Archeological pathologists find a body among others in a tomb which seems to be only five years dead. Their quest is to prove it had been reburied by government forces rather than by the various factions involved in Sri Lanka's civil war. With incredible use of language Ondaatje weaves the events from the past into the present and thus we are drawn into the events with the people involved. A beautiful book.

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