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The English Patient

The English Patient

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The English Patient

by Ondaatje, Michael

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  • Hardcover
Condition
Near Fine/Near Fine Plus
ISBN 10
0771068867
ISBN 13
9780771068867
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1992. Upper tips gently bumped. Winner of the Booker Prize and the Governor General's Award for Fiction; basis of Oscar-winning movie. And as announced in July 2018 this book wins the prestigious Golden Man Booker Prize, being the best of the previous 51 Booker winners over the past 50 years. The front panel of the dust jacket differs from the first printing as it has at the top, in red, "1992 Winner of the Booker Prize and the Governor General's Award". 307 pages.. Fourth Reprint. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine Plus.

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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Bookseller
Purpora Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
21200
Title
The English Patient
Author
Ondaatje, Michael
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine Plus
Edition
Fourth Reprint
ISBN 10
0771068867
ISBN 13
9780771068867
Publisher
McClelland & Stewart
Place of Publication
Toronto
Date Published
1992

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Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.

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