The English Patient (Birthday Edition)
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The English Patient (Birthday Edition) by Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel was first published in 1992 to incredible international acclaim. Shortly afterwards it was made into a major film, one that brought Ondaatje's beautiful, harrowing love story to millions of people.Set in the chaotic months that followed the end of the Second World War, The English Patient focuses on a small band of stunned survivors as they try to come to terms with its devastating effects. These four characters, thrown together by chance, have stories of wonder and horror to tell each other. And as these stories are narrated and played out, Ondaatje creates with spectacular brilliance the adventure, romance and pain of life itself. 'No novel published this year in Britain, or anywhere else, matches The English Patient for either lyricism, narrative impact or quality . . . In descriptive prose of spectacular beauty, Ondaatje invents a desert world which is both physical and imaginative. This is one of the few truly great post-war novels'IRISH TIMES
'No novel published this year in Britain, or anywhere else, matches The English Patient for either lyricism, narrative impact or quality.. In descriptive prose of spectacular beauty, Ondaatje invents a desert world which is both physical and imaginative. This is one of the few truly great post-war novels' IRISH TIMES
Booker Prize-winning novelist Michael Ondaatje is the author of many collections of poetry and several books of fiction, including In the Skin of a Lion and The English Patient. He and his wife live in Toronto.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780330491914 |
| ISBN 10 | 0330491911 |
| Title | The English Patient (Birthday Edition) |
| Author | Michael Ondaatje |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2002-09-06 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Winner of Booker Prize for Fiction 1993 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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