The English Patient - Rilegato

Ondaatje, Michael

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1841593397 ISBN 13: 9781841593395

Casa editrice: Everyman, 2011

Riassunto

Hana, a Canadian nurse, exhausted by death, and grieving for her own dead father; the maimed thief-turned-Allied-agent, Caravaggio; Kip, the emotionally detached Indian sapper - each is haunted in different ways by the man they know only as the English patient, a nameless burn victim who lies in an upstairs room. His extraordinary knowledge and morphine-induced memories - of the North African desert, of explorers and tribes, of history and cartography; and also of forbidden love, suffering and betrayal - illuminate the story, and leave all the characters for ever changed.

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

Michael Ondaatje lyrically portrays the convergence of four damaged lives in a bomb-riddled Italian villa in the last days of World War II.

L'autore:

Michael Ondaatje is the author of several novels, as well as a memoir, a nonfiction book on film, and several books of poetry. Among his many Canadian and international recognitions, his novel The English Patient won the Booker Prize, and was adapted into a multi-award winning Oscar movie; and Anil’s Ghost won the Giller Prize, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and the Prix Médicis. Born in Sri Lanka, Michael Ondaatje lives in Toronto.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Everyman
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1841593397
• ISBN 13: 9781841593395
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 296