signed first edition 1/4 Cloth
2000 · New York
by Ondaatje, Michael
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0375410538 . A beautiful first US edition/first printing, minute indent to front board, else in unread Fine condition in alike dustjacket. SIGNED by author Michael Ondaatje directly on title page; Set in Sri Lanka (Ondaatje's birthplace) during the country's late 20th century civil war, this is the story of Western-trained Anil Tissera, a forensic anthropologist who returns to her homeland as a member of an international human-rights group trying to prove that an unidentified skeleton was the victim of government assassination. During the process, she and her archaeologist colleague Sarath Diyasena both face ghosts of their own; 8vo; [viii], 311, [1] pages; Signed by Author .
(Inventory #: 19774)