The English Patient
About this book
With ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an Italian villa at the end of World War II. Hana, the exhausted nurse; the maimed thief, Caravaggio; the wary sapper, Kip: each is haunted by the riddle of the English patient, the nameless, burned man who lies in an upstairs room and whose memories of passion, betrayal, and rescue illuminate this book like flashes of heat lightning
Reader Profile
3.9/5 · 142060 readers · 308 pages · ≈ 5 h 42 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read The English Patient?
About ≈ 5 h 42 m — 308 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The English Patient?
308 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The English Patient?
It sits on the Historical Fiction, Fiction shelves.
Has The English Patient been made into a movie or TV show?
Yes — screen adaptations include The English Patient (1997), The English Patient (1996).
Is The English Patient in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Where does The English Patient take place?
It is set in Italy, Toskana, Florence.
Who wrote The English Patient?
Michael Ondaatje.