Ondaatje, Michael — The English Patient

Bloomsbury First British. The novel won the Canadian Governor General's Award and the Booker Prize for fiction. The novel was adapted into an award-winning film of the same name in 1996. "The story deals with the gradually revealed histories of a critically burned English accented Hungarian man, his Canadian nurse, a Canadian-Italian thief, and an Indian sapper in the British Army as they live out the end of World War II in an Italian villa." CONDITION Blue bds with bright gilt title, 307 pages. Bright and crisp copy with blue ribbon marker. DJ unclipped. Only faults are previous owners name label inside front and a very few faint atmosperic spots to leading edge. DJ has a very short tear top rear and tiny nick top front cnr. Two review in Dutch laid in and one in English for the film release. Overweight H First Edition Near Fine London, United Kingdom Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall