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Crowned with the Golden Man Booker Prize in 2018, this 'magnificent' (Sunday Times) novel has been hailed as 'the best piece of fiction I've read in years' (Independent on Sunday). As the final act of the Second World War draws to a close, we find ourselves in a deserted Italian village where Hana, a dedicated nurse, attends to her lone patient.
This mysterious Englishman, plucked from the wreckage of a fiery plane crash, bears wounds that go far beyond his physical disfigurement. His identity obscured, he grapples with the ghosts of his past. The sole key to unravelling his enigmatic history lies in the object he desperately clung to during his rescue: a well-worn copy of Herodotus' 'The Histories', its margins filled with handwritten notes chronicling a heart-rending tale of love and loss.
Book ISBN: | 9781526605900 |
Book Author: | Michael Ondaatje |
Book Format: | Paperback / softback |
Book Imprint: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Book Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Book Dimensions: | 198 x 140 x 21 cm |
Book Publication Date: | 2018-05-26 |
Book Pagination: | 336 pages |
Book Weight: | 232g |
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