," called out the math teacher. ... The forest was a place of mystery, apart from being an abode for wild animals, it had a sense of eeriness attached to it. ... Emilia enquired to the nun about the ill-treatment of women, the nun was quite surprised by Emilia's question but explained that they lived in a patriarchal society, where women had to endure the inequality because that was the way it has been for a very long time. Emilia still did not understand and raised further questions, why the world has become so. ...

• Word Count: 1087
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Mistry counters the question by asking "Is it a gift? ... To a degree, the English-speaking world has become his audience, even though the wide reception of Mistry's fiction set in the milieu of a minority religious community and focused on Indian political events does raise some questions. ... Another question arises when considering the two novels: does the expose of political corruption and tyranny during Indira Gandhi's tenure still hold that much interest? ...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mistry counters the question by asking "Is it a gift? ... To a degree, the English-speaking world has become his audience, even though the wide reception of Mistry's fiction set in the milieu of a minority religious community and focused on Indian political events does raise some questions. ... Another question arises when considering the two novels: does the expose of political corruption and tyranny during Indira Gandhi's tenure still hold that much interest? ...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Lion (1987) is a novel which takes place in Toronto in the years following the First World War. Ondaatje's next novel, 1992's The English Patient, won the Governor General's Award and the Booker Prize, and was made into an award-winning film. In The Skin Of A Lion is a love story and an irresistible mystery set in the turbulent, muscular new world of Toronto in the ' 20s and ' 30s. Michael Ondaatje entwines adventure, romance and history, real and invented, enmeshing us in the lives of the immigrants who built the city and those who dreamed it into being: the politic...

• Word Count: 3985
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School