The English Patient
Canadian novelist, born 1943. Won the Booker Prize in 1992.
The English Patient is a 1992 novel by Michael Ondaatje. It won the Booker Prize in 1992.
On 3 of the 18 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Michael Ondaatje
- First published
- 1992
- Length
- 321 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize winner, 1992
- Genre
- Historical fiction, War and conflict, Love story, Postmodern
Is The English Patient worth reading?
3 of the 18 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the Booker Prize and 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk, 2014) | Listed | See the list |
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 1992) | Winner | See the list |
| The Big Jubilee Read (BBC Arts and The Reading Agency, 2022) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of The English Patient
The edition we link to is the Bloomsbury Paperbacks paperback (2004), 321 pages.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Paperbacks (paperback, 2004)
- Pages
- 321
- ISBN
- 9780747572596
How critics, prizes and readers rate The English Patient
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 50% of the points available on prize lists, against 27% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 0% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
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