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WINNER OF THE GOLDEN MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018
'Magnificent' Sunday Times
'The best piece of fiction I've read in years' Independent on Sunday
The final curtain is closing on the Second World War and in an abandoned Italian village. Hana, a nurse, tends to her sole remaining patient. Rescued from a burning plane, the anonymous Englishman is damaged beyond recognition and haunted by painful memories.
The only clue Hana has to unlocking his past is the one thing he clung on to through the fire – a copy of The Histories by Herodotus, covered with hand-written notes detailing a tragic love affair.
Product details
Published | 02 Aug 2004 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 336 |
ISBN | 9780747572596 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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A masterpiece
Financial Times
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Magnificent
Sunday Times
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Extraordinary
Daily Telegraph
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The English Patient wears the triple crown: it is profound, beautiful and heart-quickening
Toni Morrison
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Language of such riveting beauty that one is made to stop and stare
Observer
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One of the most innovative and liberating writers of our time
Guardian