Michael OndaatjeLiterary Fiction · Historical Fiction·b. 1943
The English Patient
Synopsis
In a crumbling Italian villa at the close of World War II, four individuals are drawn together by circumstance and their own pasts. A nurse, a thief, and a sapper are all touched by the mystery of the burned, nameless man in the room upstairs. His memories of love, loss, and survival slowly come to light, connecting their fates in unexpected ways.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10
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