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Ondaatje, Michael -- The English Patient Proof [Book]
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New York: Alfrd A. Knopf, 1992.Uncorrected Proof. 301pp. Soft Copy. FINE. SIGNED by the author on the title page.
Ondaatje won the Booker Prize for this novel which was adapted to an Academy Award-winning film. Set at the last months of World War II . story of 4 people abandoned in a nothern Italian villa. A man, burned beyond recognition, who speaks with a English accent, tended by young nurse, Hana, the thief, Caravaggio with burnt hands. and Indian soldier Kip who worked in engineering. Winner of the Governor-General's Award, co-winner of the Booker Prize, basis of the film which won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture.