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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. 1st American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.

Octavo, [3], 307pp. Tan hardcover, cream cloth spine, title stamped in red on spine. Gray topstain. Stated "first edition" on copyright page with no additional printings listed. Solid text block, a fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $21.00 retail price on front flap, touch of toning to verso, a near fine example. Signed by the author on the title page. The English Patient is set in the North African campaign of World War II. The book was adapted into a film of the same name in 1996, starring Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, and Colin Firth. The film received nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

1st US Edition. Hardcover. Signed on title page. Stated First Edition. Some shelf wear, toning to dust jacket. 1992 Booker Prize.

First Edition (so stated) in Very Fine condition with complete dust jacket, also in Very Fine condition and protected in a mylar sleeve. Signed by the writer across the title page in person. A beautifully preserved copy, printed over three decades ago, in outstanding conditionperfect for any literary library Sri Lankan-born Canadian writer Ondaatje is the author of the critically acclaimed "The Collected Works of Billy the Kid." "The English Patient" was adapted to film in 1998, with the novel winning the 1992 Booker Prize, the 1992 Governor General's Award and the Golden Man Booker in 2018. In 'Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts,' reviewer JP O'Malley described Ondaatje "like coral.Ondaajte's narrative is built up slowly into towers and branches and hidden chambers, fashioning a delicate grisaille of memory and passion.Readers of Ondaatje's novels will know that he has a passion for language and an incredible ability to tease out sentences in a very sensual way." He is one of the few authors who has had a new species of spider named in his honour, the Sri-Lankan Brignolia ondaatjei.

First American edition. SIGNED by Michael Ondaatje on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. Booker Prize winner and basis for the Academy Award winning film adaptation. ; 6" x 8 3/4" ; 307 pages

First edition, first printing. As new with as new DJ. Signed by author. Very tight binding. No marks, price not clipped. Excellent copy. Photos are of the book you will receive. Twenty percent of proceeds from sales of Third Mantis Books is donated to the World Literacy Foundation.