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Consider reading other books by Michael Ondaatje, including The English Patient and Coming through Slaughter.
Consider pairing In the Skin of a Lion with another book by a Sri Lankan writer, like Nayomi Munaweera.
Consider reading books by other Canadian authors like Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King.
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The Question and Answer section for In the Skin of a Lion is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
The bridge. The bridge. Christened “Prince Edward.” The Bloor Street Viaduct.
Blindness/ sight is a theme that recurs throughout the novel, first with Patrick observing the loggers in the night where they are barely visible, then Patrick’s game of blindfolding and running around the room, where he accidentally kicks Clara....
“What the hell’s wrong with me? Sure I know it backways”
“... the world casting off its old skin”.
"... each person had theirmoment when they assumed the skins of wild animals”
