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Canadian poet and novelist Michael Ondaatje returned to Sri Lanka to write a memoir of his family and childhood there, Running in the Family, in 1982. Throughout the book, he refers to Sri Lanka by its former name, Ceylon. In this passage, Ondaatje recounts how, while he was still in Canada, his return to Sri Lanka began to take hold of his imagination.
"Running in the Family" written and read by Michael Ondaatje, abridgement by Michael Ondaatje (Cat.# Random House Audiobooks) (c)1982 Michael Ondaatje (abridgement); (c)1996 Random House Inc., N.Y. All rights reserved.