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The English Patient: 21 Great Bloomsbury Reads for the 21st Century (21st Birthday Celebratory Edn)

The English Patient: 21 Great Bloomsbury Reads for the 21st Century (21st Birthday Celebratory Edn)

by Michael Ondaatje (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

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Synopsis

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 ward. Rescued by Bedouins from a burning plane, he is her English patient, 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 Herodotus, covered with hand-written notes describing a painful and ultimately tragic love affair.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 352
 Edition: 21st birthday celebratory ed
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 02 Jan 2007
ISBN 10: 0747589925
ISBN 13: 9780747589921
Book Overview: The book of the Academy Award-winning film by Anthony Minghella, starring Kristen Scott-Thomas and Ralph Fiennes Published as part of the Bloomsbury 21st Birthday Celebrations Includes reading group guide

Media Reviews
'One of the most innovative and liberating writers of our time' Guardian 'Magnificent A wise and graceful book about history itself' Sunday Times 'The best piece of fiction in English I've read in years' Independent on Sunday 'Ondaatje has now written the extraordinary novel we have been awaiting from him: The English Patient is a masterpiece' Financial Times
Author Bio
Michael Ondaatje was born in Sri Lanka and lives in Toronto. The English Patient won the Booker Prize in 1992 and was made into an Oscar-winning film directed by Anthony Minghella.