"Michael Ondaatje's story of his family is a journey through memory and imagination to reconstruct the life his parents and grandparents once led. Recollected experience and legendary family scandals kaleidoscope to give a portrait of a lost time and place, with eccentric characters and captivating scenes set against a colonial empire in decline. -- P. [4] of Cover."
"In the late 1970s Ondaatje returned to his native island of Sri Lanka. As he records his journey through the drug-like heat and intoxicating fragrances of that "pendant off the ear of India, " Ondaatje simultaneously retraces the baroque mythology of his Dutch-Ceylonese family. An inspired travel narrative and family memoir by an exceptional writer. From the Trade Paperback edition."
"Herinneringen van de Canadese auteur (1943) aan zijn excentrieke familie op Ceylon."
"An autobiographical journey of discovery gathers together fragments of memory, experience, and family history in order to understand the meaning of his parents' legacy and his own heritage."
"The author is a well-known Canadian poet, two-time winner of the Governor-General's award for poetry. This book is an autobiographical journey of discovery to Ondaatje's homeland, Sri Lanka."

"Es liegt in der Familie"
"Cosas de familia"@es
"Cosas de familia"
"Det ligger til familien"
"Det ligger til familien"@da
"Aria di famiglia"
"Aria di famiglia"@it
"Obiteljsko naslijeđe"
"Máme to v rodině"
"Un air de famille"
"In de familie"
"Running in the Family"
"Aria di famiglia : ciò che pensiamo della vita coniugale e altri pettegolezzi tropicali"
"Running the family"
"Running in the family"@en
"Running in the family"@pl
"Running in the family"
"Pavulē ūruva = Running in the family"