What is The English Patient?
{{italictitle}} {{for|the movie|The English Patient (movie)}} '''''The English Patient''''' is a [[1992 in literature|1992]] [[novel]] by [[Michael Ondaatje]]. The book is about people brought together at an Italian villa during the [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italian Campaign]] of [[World War II]]. The four main characters are: a burned English man, his [[Canadian Army|Canadian Army nurse]], a [[Sikh]] [[British Army]] [[sapper]], and a [[Canadian]] [[thief]]. The book won the 1992 [[Booker Prize]], the 2018 [[The Golden Man Booker|Golden Man Booker]], and the [[Governor General's Award]]. ==Other websites== * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01lh973 Michael Ondaatje discusses ''The English Patient''] on the BBC * [http://www.fjexpeditions.com/resources/bibl/Almasy/AlmasyBooks.htm The writings of László Almásy], available in English translation. {{DEFAULTSORT:English Patient, The}} [[Category:1992 books]] [[Category:Award-winning books]] [[Category:Historical novels]] {{literature-stub}}