The English Patient [uncorrected proof]
by Ondaatje, Michael;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., Publisher, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 10mo; pp 303; VG-/paperback; dark yellow spine with black text; uncorrected proof; covers show light wear to exterior; text block clean; review sheet stapled inside front cover;. 1330584. FP New Rockville Stock.
Synopsis
The English Patient is a 1992 novel by Sri Lankan-Canadian novelist Michael Ondaatje. The story deals with the gradually revealed histories of a critically burned English man, his Canadian nurse, an Italian thief, and an Indian sapper in the British Army as they live out the end of World War II in an Italian villa. The novel won the Canadian Governor General's Award and the Booker Prize for fiction.
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Details
- Seller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1330584
- Title
- The English Patient [uncorrected proof]
- Author
- Ondaatje, Michael;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., Publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
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About the Seller
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Rockville, Maryland
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