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>