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First U.S. edition, first printing. Hardcover. Booker Prize winning novel that was made into a powerful Oscar Award winning film with Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Willem Dafoe. A fine copy in a fine jacket. A very fresh copy of this modern classic.

very light remainder mark. o/w fine.l magnificent novel and magnificent movie. dutjacket is priceclipped. first state d j with only three blurbs.

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Quarter bound gray cloth, 307pp. Gently read copy. Dustjacket price $21.00. Winner of the 1992 Booker Award. Basis for award-winning film.

27th edition. 307 pages. 8.50x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Brilliant novel by Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje set in an Italian villa. Michael Ondaatje's three previous novels have each been met with the highest praise: for their startling narrative inventiveness, the richness of their imagery and emotion, and the spellbinding quality of their language. When In the Skin of a Lion was published in 1987, Carolyn Kizer, writing in The New York Times Book Review, called Ondaatje "a beautiful writer. brilliantly gifted". And Tom Clark wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle that "Ondaatje handles fiction with the deceptive touch of a magician". Now, with The English Patient, he gives us his most stunningly original and lyric novel yet. During the final moments of World War II, in a deserted Italian villa, four people come together: a young nurse, her will broken, all her energy focussed on her last, dying patient, a man in whom she has seen something "she wanted to learn, to grow into and hide in". the patient: an unknown Englishman, survivor of a plane crash, his mind awash with a life's worth of secrets and passions. a thief whose "skills" have made him one of the war's heroes, and one of its casualties. an Indian soldier in the British army, an expert at bomb disposal whose three years at war have taught him that "the only thing safe is himself". Slowly, they begin to reveal themselves to each other, the stories of their pasts and of the present unfolding in scene after haunting scene, taking us into the Sahara, the English countryside, down the streets of London during the Blitz, into the makeshift army hospitals of Italy, and through the battered gardens and rooms of the villa. And with these stories, Ondaatje weaves a complex tapestry of image and emotion, recollection and observation: the paths and details offour diverse lives caught and changed and now inextricably connected by the brutal, improbable circumstances of war.

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Book. Fine. Hardback. First American Edition, First printing.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First American Edition, First printing. Fine/Near Fine. Clean stated first edition in unchipped dust jacket. Very clean beige paper-covered boards with beige cloth spine, metallic lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Clean red endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 307 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, small price clip (partially showing $) at top corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Four people come together during the final days of World War II in a deserted Italian villa, where the stories of their past and present begin to reveal themselves to each other. A beautifully written and haunting story, made into a highly successful film (1996) starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe. The film won nine Oscars, including best motion picture..

First edition stated. First state dust jacket with $21.00 price and only Morrison, DeLillo and Ford comments to rear cover. 6 x 8 1/2 Book; slight bumping to top rear board edge else fine, free of marks, appears unread. Dust jacket ($21.00) has minor bumping to spine ends with 1" crease to bottom front cover. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.