While"running"in his family, as indicated by the title of this memoir, he gets to know about his relatives and their life styles at that time. And the most important thing for him is the desire to know and u...While"running"in his family, as indicated by the title of this memoir, he gets to know about his relatives and their life styles at that time. And the most important thing for him is the desire to know and understand his father better, as well as learn more about the relationship between his father and his mother. Following this desire the narrator travels back to Sri Lanka in an attempt to retrace the stories of his family, an act which is imbued with feelings of nostalgia. In order to satisfy his yearning for his long lost homeland and his family, the narrator presents a romantic image of the Ondaatje family.展开更多
文摘While"running"in his family, as indicated by the title of this memoir, he gets to know about his relatives and their life styles at that time. And the most important thing for him is the desire to know and understand his father better, as well as learn more about the relationship between his father and his mother. Following this desire the narrator travels back to Sri Lanka in an attempt to retrace the stories of his family, an act which is imbued with feelings of nostalgia. In order to satisfy his yearning for his long lost homeland and his family, the narrator presents a romantic image of the Ondaatje family.
