The Distance of a Shout
The Distance of a Shout: Selected Poems gathers work from across Michael Ondaatje’s long career into a book shaped like a poetic memoir. Moving through memories of childhood in Sri Lanka, family, friendship, desire, landscape, and life in southern Ontario, the collection traces the connections between personal history, place, and the imaginative life.
Ondaatje is the Booker Prize-winning author of The English Patient as well as an internationally celebrated novelist, memoirist, and poet. This collection was named one of Literary Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2026 and offers both longtime readers and newcomers a broad introduction to his poetry.
Published in 2026 by McClelland & Stewart, this is the Canadian hardcover edition and is explicitly identified on the copyright page as a first printing. ISBN 9780771030710. The volume contains 240 pages and is accompanied by its original dust jacket.
Very Good overall, as stated by the seller. The photographed jacket panels and representative pages appear generally clean, with light edge or corner handling visible. The dust jacket is now protected in a removable clear plastic cover. No author signature is shown or disclosed.
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The Distance of a Shout: Selected Poems gathers work from across Michael Ondaatje’s long career into a book shaped like a poetic memoir. Moving through memories of childhood in Sri Lanka, family, friendship, desire, landscape, and life in southern Ontario, the collection traces the connections between personal history, place, and the imaginative life.
Ondaatje is the Booker Prize-winning author of The English Patient as well as an internationally celebrated novelist, memoirist, and poet. This collection was named one of Literary Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2026 and offers both longtime readers and newcomers a broad introduction to his poetry.
Published in 2026 by McClelland & Stewart, this is the Canadian hardcover edition and is explicitly identified on the copyright page as a first printing. ISBN 9780771030710. The volume contains 240 pages and is accompanied by its original dust jacket.
Very Good overall, as stated by the seller. The photographed jacket panels and representative pages appear generally clean, with light edge or corner handling visible. The dust jacket is now protected in a removable clear plastic cover. No author signature is shown or disclosed.
