A Year of Last Things by Michael Odaatje Don Paterson Poetic remedies to lift the

Poetic remedies to lift the spirits

This exceptional collection of poetry

Selections from The Absent Traveller and Songs of Kabir are followed by those of Nirala

Which is to say

When his partner suddenly died

A Year of Last Things by Michael Odaatje Don Paterson Poetic remedies to lift theWith A Year of Last Things, acclaimed novelist Michael Ondaatje returns to poetry, looking back on a life of displacement and discovery'My life always stops for a new book by him' JHUMPA LAHIRI'A generous, moving book' GUARDIANBorn in Sri Lanka during the Second World War, Ondaatje was sent as a child to school in London, and later moved to Canada. While he has lived there since, these poems reflect the life of a writer, traveller and watcher of the