The English Patient: Bloomsbury Modern Classics

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A beautiful new limited edition paperback of The English Patient, published as part of the Bloomsbury Modern Classics list 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.

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Profound, beautiful and heart-quickening * Toni Morrison *
Masterful ... A rich and compelling work of fiction * Don DeLillo *
One of the most innovative and liberating writers of our time * Guardian *
Magnificent ... A wise and graceful book about history itself * Sunday Times *

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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.