This author describes the "four Buddhas of Polonnaruwa" in "a ceremonial funeral structure for a monk made up of thambali palms" in his poem "Step."
This author describes the "four Buddhas of Polonnaruwa" in "a ceremonial funeral structure for a monk made up of thambali palms" in his poem "Step." His poetry is collected in Rat Jelly and There's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do, and he fictionalized the life of Buddy Bolden in his novel Coming Through Slaughter. He wrote about a Sri Lankan who works with the archaeologist Sarath to identify a skeleton in Anil's Ghost, and about the disappearance of Ambrose Small in his novel centering on Patrick Lewis, In the Skin of a Lion. In another of his novels, Caravaggio believes that Almásy is the title character, who is nursed by Hana after World War II. FTP, identify this Canadian author of Divisadero and The English Patient.
This author describes the "four Buddhas of Polonnaruwa" in "a ceremonial funeral structure for a monk made up of thambali palms" in his poem "Step."
Michael {Ondaatje}