THE ENGLISH PATIENT.** by ONDAATJE**, MICHAEL:

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn,4th imp. [Complete number line 10-4. So,1st edn,4th imp.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to dw/dj's edges - no major nicks or tears present - though a small snick to top edge of front inner flap of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges clean; contents bright, tight,clean and virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread apart from my own collation - it really is that exceptional a state and condition! Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip; a blue+white striped headband,and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers. Though a 4th imp; the dw/dj has the true 1st state full-length b/w author,portrait photograph to rear inner flap of dw/dj.An exceptional,acceptable copy to the expensive true 1st edn.View my 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die catalogue for other books and suggested reading in it.
Set in the closing days of WW2,the novel moves between war-ravaged Italy.and the pre-war African desert of Ladislaus de Almasy's memory, the terribly burned "Englsh Patient" of the title.Scarred beyond recognition,and dying, he is cared for by a young nurse,Hana,in a partially ruined and deserted villa.
Into the lives of this strange couple come Kip,a young Indian "sapper" in the British Army,and Caravaggio,a charming Italian-Canadian thief,who has been broken by his experiences of war.The tale of Almasy's doomed affair with a married woman,and its tragic end,weaves around the lives of Hana,Caravaggio,and Kip,pouring forth from the strange living corpse that the English Patient has become.The horror of war is distant,but central,as Hana and Kip begin a tentative love affair.The characters are warm,human,likable,yet morally flawed,ambiguous,and damaged.[DR]
Joint-winner Booker Prize,1993.Book is the basis of the multi-Oscar winning film by Anthony Minghella,starring Ralph Fienness and Juliette Binoche.
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Set in the closing days of WW2,the novel moves between war-ravaged Italy.and the pre-war African desert of Ladislaus de Almasy's memory,the terribly burned "Englsh Patient" of the title.Scarred beyond recognition,and dying,he is cared for by a young nurse,Hana,in a partially ruined and deserted villa.
Into the lives of this strange couple come Kip,a young Indian "sapper" in the British Army,and Caravaggio,a charming Italian-Canadian thief,who has been broken by his experiences of war.The tale of Almasy's doomed affair with a married woman,and its tragic end, weaves around the lives of Hana,Caravaggio,and Kip,pouring forth from the strange living corpse that the English Patient has become. The horror of war is distant,but central,as Hana and Kip begin a tentative love affair.The characters are warm,human,likable,yet morally flawed, ambiguous,and damaged.[DR]
Joint-winner Booker Prize,1993.
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** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.