The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (21st Birthday Celebratory Edition)
Winner of the Booker Prize in 1992, made into an Oscar-winning film directed by Anthony Minghella.
The final curtain is closing on the Second World War, and Hana, a nurse, stays behind in an abandoned Italian villa to tend to her only remaining patient. Rescued by Bedouins from a burning plane, he is English, anonymous, damaged beyond recognition and haunted by his memories of passion and betrayal. The only clue Hana has to his past is the one thing he clung on to through the fire - a copy of The Histories by Herodotus, covered with hand-written notes describing a painful and ultimately tragic love affair.
Paperback | 352 pages
Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.6 | 378g
01 Mar 2007
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
London, United Kingdom
English
New edition
1
Edition Statement: 21st Birthday Celebratory Edition
0747589925
9780747589921
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Some obvious damage to the front cover including minor scuff marks and a large crease on the top-right corner, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing at the front of the book but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.