Running in the family 62-101

Confusing is the only word i can use to describe this book so far. It may just be the state of mind im in, but i get very easily confused while reading this book. Ondaatje writes this book like a hyper active 5 year old who can not stay on topic. Every chapter starts off with a semingly
irrelevant memory with a loose tie to his family history toward the end.

At first he talkes about a map in his brothers house i think and how it is somehow related to his family leniage. I am still trying to figure out what the writing technique behind this book is. i suppose he is trying to tell his family's story and expose his own love for his native country through these stories. unlike the two previous memoirs weve read this book is focusing more on the past of people in his family rather than completely on his own past. to add to the confusing nature of the book randomly half way through the chapter he breaks into peoms, then back to the story, then back to peoms. Im really not sure what im supposed to take away from this book. although im lost and not a big fan of the book. I did find the last story rather interesting when he describes killing the rattle snakes with the shotgun. Then about the confrontation between his family and the insurgents. So all in all this book is a confusing colection of irrelevant stories that i hope eventually come up with a common theme, but some of the stories do capture my interest for the brief 2 or 3 pages they cover.