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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Michael Ondaatje
Born: September 12, 1943 (age 80)
Bio: Philip Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet. He won the Booker Prize for his novel The English Patient, which was adapted as the 1996 film of the same name.
Known for:
- The English Patient (1992)
- Anil's Ghost (2000)
- Divisadero (2007)
- In the Skin of a Lion (1987)
- Running in the Family (1982)
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