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Chapter 1, Asian Rumours

• One winter night near Lake Ontario, Michael awoke at a friend's house.

• He had been dreaming of returning to his home in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).

• First, he planned the journey in his mind; then he two months later, he planned an actual trip.

• He realized he didn't understand his childhood and needed to return to his family.

• After arriving in Ceylon, Michael stayed at the old governor's house in Jaffna.

• The house was a prize building in Northern Ceylon built in 1700.

• Michael spent a morning tracing his ancestry with his sister and Aunt Phyllis.

• Then they spent the afternoon with his Aunt Phyllis, recounting stories of the Ondaatjes family.

• That night he didn't dream, but saw an image of himself as a human pyramid composed of his family members.
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Chapter 2, A Fine Romance

• In the 1920s when Michael's father Mervyn finished school, his parents...

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