Woolf in Ceylon: An Imperial Journey in the Shadow of Leonard Woolf 1904-1911, Ondaatje, Christopher. Published by HarperCollins, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2005. First Edition. 4to – over 9¾” – 12″ tall; 326pp. with sources, bibliography and index; profusely illustrated. Green cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, green endpapers. Volume is in fine condition; unclipped jacket has the lightest of shelf edge wear.
Leonard Woolf was sent to Ceylon in 1904 as a civil servant. In this text, Ondaatje revisits Woolf’s former imperial haunts and considers his wide range of writings on the region.
