{"product_id":"the-english-patient","title":"THE ENGLISH PATIENT","description":"\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHaunting and harrowing, as beautiful as it is disturbing, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the entanglement of four damaged lives in an Italian monastery as World War II ends. The exhausted nurse, Hana; the maimed thief, Caravaggio; the wary sapper, Kip: each is haunted by the riddle of the English patient, the nameless, burn victim who lies in an upstairs room and whose memories of passion, betrayal, and rescue illuminate this book like flashes of heat lightning. In lyrical prose informed by a poetic consciousness, Michael Ondaatje weaves these characters together, pulls them tight, then unravels the threads with unsettling acumen.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA book that binds readers of great literature, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/i\u003e garnered the Booker Prize for author Ondaatje. The poet and novelist has also written \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the Skin of a Lion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eComing Through Slaughter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Collected Works of Billy the Kid\u003c\/i\u003e; two collections of poems, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Cinnamon Peeler\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere's a Trick with a Knife I'm Learning to Do\u003c\/i\u003e; and a memoir, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRunning in the Family\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Readers Paradise Book Shop Wexford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48015190458715,"sku":"","price":4.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/7105\/0923\/files\/7_47f21222-d890-44f0-8ccd-03f6809d267c.jpg?v=1712570756","url":"https:\/\/readersparadise.pro\/products\/the-english-patient","provider":"ReadersParadise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}