Who wrote The English Patient?

Michael Ondaatje wrote The English Patient, first published in 1992. It is a work of literary fiction and is rated 'Essential Read' in our catalogue.

Is there a book club guide for The English Patient?

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Essential Read

The English Patient

Name: The English Patient
Author: Michael Ondaatje

by Michael Ondaatje · 1992

Literary Fiction · ranked #38 in category

In a ruined Italian villa at the end of the Second World War, a Canadian nurse tends to a severely burned man — the English patient — whose identity remains mysterious. Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel interweaves four characters' stories and histories in a meditation on memory, identity, love and the violence of nations.

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