Promotional Information

A beautiful new limited edition paperback of The English Patient, published as part of the Bloomsbury Modern Classics list

About the Author

Michael Ondaatje was born in Sri Lanka and lives in Toronto. The English Patient won the Booker Prize in 1992 and was made into an Oscar-winning film directed by Anthony Minghella.

Reviews

Profound, beautiful and heart-quickening
*Toni Morrison*

Masterful ... A rich and compelling work of fiction
*Don DeLillo*

One of the most innovative and liberating writers of our time
*Guardian*

Magnificent ... A wise and graceful book about history itself
*Sunday Times*