Book description
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.
 Ondaatje has now written the extraordinary novel we have been
awaiting from him: THE ENGLISH PATIENT is a masterpiece' Michael
Ondaatje was born in Sri Lanka and lives in Toronto.Â
The English
Patient
won the Booker Prize in 1992 and was made into an Oscar-winning film
directed by Anthony Minghella.
