The English Patient
1992 (First Canadian edition).
McClelland & Stewart Inc
, Toronto, Canada Canada
As a Sri Lankan - born Canadian poet, his career began in 1967 and accelerated in 1970, culminating with the 1992 Booker Prize and then the 2018 Golden Man Booker for this novel that evolved into an Oscar winning film in 1996. His startling narrative inventiveness, richness of imagery and emotion and the spell-binding quality of his language are involved in his weaving of a complex tapestry that will remain one of his finest works. Very scarce in this signed pristine condition.
$1,300.00
Specifications
| Author | Ondaatje, Michael |
| Publisher | McClelland & Stewart Inc |
| Place Published | Toronto, Canada Canada |
| Year Published | 1992 (First Canadian edition) |
| Date of First Edition or Edition Notes |
1992 (Alfred Knopf in New York) and Bloomsbury in London. |
| Size | Royal 8vo - Octavo, 254mm x 165mm |
| Chapters | X |
| Pages | 302pp |
Condition Report
| Cover | Pale green cloth hardcover with slightly bruised bottom left corner of front board though otherwise in pristine condition with a perfect first edition non price-clipped Cecil Beaton designed dust wrapper, likewise devoid of any blemish, now protected by clear archival covering. |
| Overall | Neatly signed by Ondaatje on the title page, internally the text is in a very fine state , the book being basically as-new. |