The English Patient

by Michael Ondaatje

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.

• ISBN13: 9780747572596
• Publish Date: 2 August 2004 (first published 1 September 1992)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 11 March 2021
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Edition: New edition
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 336
• Language: English
• URL: http://bloomsbury.com/Books/details.aspx?isbn=9780747572596

Reviews

[rakesandrogues]

Beautiful writing, sad story. The book is slow at some points and picks up at other times. It's a decent read, especially considering that I had to read it for school. However, the movie trumps the book by far.