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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.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1992 Knopf Stated First Edition of this instant classic turned into film! A NF/NF copy with unclipped DJ.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. First printing of the first American edition, hardcover in original jacket. A Very Good copy in a Fine jacket (foredge of book and some text marsgins have minor coffee traces).

Ninth Printing, February 1993. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in Near Fine condition. Erstwhile remainder has red stripe on tail edge spine, slight specks on cloth spine, o/w unmarked. Winner of the 1992 Booker Prize. "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 of four diverse lives caught and changed and now inextricably connected by the brutal, improbable circumstances of war." [jacket copy] "THE ENGLISH PATIENT by Michael Ondaatje wears the triple crown: it is profound, beautiful and heart-quickening."--Toni Morrison. "In this masterful novel, Michael Ondaatje weaves a beautiful and light-handed prose through the mingled histories of people caught up in love and war. A rich and compelling work of fiction."--Don DeLillo. "THE ENGLISH PATIENT is an exotic, consuming, and richly inspired novel of passion. In its elegance and its satisfactions it resembles no book I know."--Richard Ford. Bright hardcover w/brilliant corners & crisp deckle edges, a square & tight binding, wrapped in an intact NF jacket; a typically Fine Knopf production.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, inc., 1992. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. 307 pp, stated First Edition, Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, and fresh, beige cloth-back & lighter beige papered boards crisp and unworn, unclipped, illustrated DJ in protector. 6" x 8.7" boards. .

First American edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Chip Kidd. His 8th book & 5th work of fiction. He won the 1992 Booker Prize for this book. It was the basis for the 1996 film which received 9 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Director. As new book in an as new dust jacket. A beautiful copy!

VG+/VG. 8vo. original blue boards gilt (gift inscription to half title, else fine) in dustwrapper priced £14.99 net (top edge rubbed with a couple of short closed tears, original bookseller's label to rear panel); pp. [x], 310 (last blank). A very good copy of the true first edition (10987654321] in the first state dustwrapper.

KNOPF. NY 1992. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679416781 . First American Edition. Near fine in a virtually fine DJ. (Faint damp stain at upper edge of cloth on rear cover. Tiny spot on last blank. Faint stain on inside of DJ. Not discernable from reverse. Trace of faint foxing at edges. ) Booker Prize winning novel & basis for the Oscar winning film. .

STATEDE FIRST EDITION, UNCLIPPED DJ.

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.