The English Patient
von Michael Ondaatje
336 Seiten; 197 mm x 130 mm
Sprache English
Special Edition
2017 Bloomsbury Trade; Bloomsbury Paperbacks
ISBN 978-1-4088-9134-6
Besprechung
Profound, beautiful and heart-quickening Toni Morrison
Langtext
WINNER OF THE GOLDEN MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018'Magnificent' Sunday Times'The best piece of fiction I've read in years' Independent on SundayThe final curtain is closing on the Second World War and in an abandoned Italian village. Hana, a nurse, tends to her sole remaining patient. Rescued from a burning plane, an anonymous Englishman is damaged beyond recognition and haunted by painful memories. The only clue Hana has to unlocking 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 detailing a tragic love affair.
Biografische Anmerkung zu den Verfassern
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.