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The final curtain is closing on the Second World War and in an abandoned Italian village. Hana, a nurse, tends to her sole remaining patient. Rescued from a burning plane, the anonymous Englishman is damaged beyond recognition and haunted by painful memories. The only clue Hana has to unlocking his past is the one thing he clung on to through the fire – a copy of The Histories by Herodotus, covered with handwritten notes detailing a tragic love affair.
Michael Ondaatje is the author of several novels, as well as a memoir, a nonfiction book on film, and several books of poetry. Among his many Canadian and international recognitions, his novel The English Patient won the 1992 Man Booker Prize, was adapted into a multi-award winning Oscar movie, and was awarded the Golden Man Booker Prize in 218; Anil?s Ghost won the Giller Prize, the Irish Times International Fiction Prize, and the Prix M?dicis; and Warlight was longlisted for the 218 Man Booker Prize. Born in Sri Lanka, Michael Ondaatje lives in Toronto.
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