ENGLISH PATIENT – 2ND HAND

ISBN: 9780771068867
Title: ENGLISH PATIENT - 2ND HAND
Author: ONDAATJE MICHAEL
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a lightly sunned spine. 1st Canadian edition, 2nd impression in year of publication.

The final curtain is closing on the Second World War, and Hana, a nurse, stays behind in an abandoned Italian villa to tend to her only remaining patient. Rescued by Bedouins from a burning plane, he is English, anonymous, damaged beyond recognition and haunted by his memories of passion and betrayal.
The only clue Hana has to 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 describing a painful and ultimately tragic love affa

Imprint: McCLELLAND AND STEWART
RRP: $45.00