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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.
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- Title
- The English patient
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Michael Ondaatje
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0747572593
- ISBN13
- 9780747572596
- Category
- World prose, Gifts for women
- First published
- 1992
- Original title
- The English Patient
- 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.