I chose the book In the Skin of a Lion by Canadian/Sri Lankan writer Michael Ondaatje. The novel invents the lives of the immigrants whose contributions to building the city of Toronto in the early 1900s never became part of the city's official history. It was nominated for the 1987 Governor General's Award for English Language fiction. The book exposes each of every migrant's condition, whether good or bad. The depiction of the novel's story starts from when Toronto is in its 1940s. I've chosen this book because I also am a newcomer to Canada, and I want to explore its beauty and nature. There are a lot of mysteries hidden in Canada, and I have read a passage from the Walrus magazine which said that we will never, ever understand this country. Even though people will have a hard time deciphering the nation's inner self, we should still dig down to its depths to understand bit by bit of its truths. The author have used many voices, images, and reorganizes the time to tell stories. What also interest me the most was how culture and languages are related to each other. It has three books; these stories make the growing years of the main character, Patrick Lewis, who lives as a young boy in Depot Creek, Ontario. In his story, his dad is a dynamiter who is logging the forests for living. It just states that even though people migrate to other countries, its still not that easy to find a job you'll love.
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I chose the book In the Skin of a Lion by Canadian/Sri Lankan writer Michael Ondaatje. The novel invents the lives of the immigrants whose contributions to building the city of Toronto in the early 1900s never became part of the city's official history. It was nominated for the 1987 Governor General's Award for English Language fiction. The book exposes each of every migrant's condition, whether good or bad. The depiction of the novel's story starts from when Toronto is in its 1940s. I've chosen this book because I also am a newcomer to Canada, and I want to explore its beauty and nature. There are a lot of mysteries hidden in Canada, and I have read a passage from the Walrus magazine which said that we will never, ever understand this country. Even though people will have a hard time deciphering the nation's inner self, we should still dig down to its depths to understand bit by bit of its truths. The author have used many voices, images, and reorganizes the time to tell stories. What also interest me the most was how culture and languages are related to each other. It has three books; these stories make the growing years of the main character, Patrick Lewis, who lives as a young boy in Depot Creek, Ontario. In his story, his dad is a dynamiter who is logging the forests for living. It just states that even though people migrate to other countries, its still not that easy to find a job you'll love.