The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
"The English Patient" is a story of four diverse individuals brought together at an Italian villa during the final days of World War II. The narrative revolves around a severely burned man who can't remember his name or past, a young Canadian nurse who tends to him, a Sikh British Army sapper, and a Canadian thief. As they navigate their own traumas and losses, the past of the mysterious patient slowly unravels, revealing a tale of love, identity, and betrayal.
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- Published
- 1992
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Length
- Medium
- Pages
- 300-320
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
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- Angielski Pacjent
- O Doente Inglês
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- 1st on The Golden Man Booker (Booker Prize)
- 4th on PEOPLE Picks the Best Books From the 1990s (PEOPLE Magazine)
- 11th on Edmonton's Top 100 (Edmonton Journal)
- 72nd on Top 100 Books, As Chosen By Canadians (The Gazette(Newspaper))
- 77th on My Favourite Book - Australian Big Read (Australian Big Read)
- 356th on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 464th on Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.com (UK))
- 125 Books We Love for Adults (NY Public Library)
- 200 Books That Shaped 200 Years of Literature (The Center for Fiction)
- 25 acclaimed international writers choose 25 of the best books from the last 25 years (Wasafiri Magazine)
- 500 Must Read Books (The Daily Telegraph)
- 501 Must-Read Books (LibraryThing)
- 70 Classic Booker Prize-Nominated Novels, Recommended by our Readers (Booker Prize Library Readers)
- Best Books Ever (Book Depository)
- Booker Prize (Booker Prize)
- Fifty French Writers Choose Their Favorite 10 Books - Honourable Mention (On en garde 10 ! Pour la littérature)
- Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher (Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher)
- Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman's Book Choices from "The Writer's Library" (The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives (Book))
- NY Times Editors Choice 1990-1999 (NY Times)
- The 100 Best Books in the World (AbeBooks.de (in German))
- The 100 Best Novels Of All Time (Runners-Up) (The Guardian)
- The Big Jubilee Read (BBC)