The English Patient
by Ondaatje, Michael
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679416781
- ISBN 13
- 9780679416784
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. 10th Ptg. . Hardcover. Good/Fine. Sturdy book, cream cloth spine, yellow boards, with very bright red initials at top front, bright red lettering and design on spine, red color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 307 pages plus brief biographical note. Some pencil notes. DJ glossy gray background with person on front, spine and back right, color design at top front, praise from Toni Morrison, Don Delillo, Richard Ford. DJ has light crease at top front tip, top and bottom back edges. Fine DJ/Good book.
Synopsis
The English Patient is a 1992 novel by Sri Lankan-Canadian novelist Michael Ondaatje. The story deals with the gradually revealed histories of a critically burned English man, his Canadian nurse, an Italian thief, and an Indian sapper in the British Army as they live out the end of World War II in an Italian villa. The novel won the Canadian Governor General's Award and the Booker Prize for fiction.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51332
- Title
- The English Patient
- Author
- Ondaatje, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 10th Ptg.
- ISBN 10
- 0679416781
- ISBN 13
- 9780679416784
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Fiction
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
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About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
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New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
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