“A RARE AND SPELLBINDING WEB OF DREAMS”: THE ENGLISH PATIENT, SIGNED BY ONDAATJE
ONDAATJE, Michael. The English Patient. (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1992). Octavo, original teal paper boards, original dust jacket.
First Canadian edition of Ondaatje’s Booker Prize-winning novel, signed on the title page by him.
Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient won high critical acclaim on publication as "a rare and spellbinding web of dreams" (Time). Adapted to the screen in 1996 by director Anthony Minghella and starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, and Kristin Scott Thomas, The English Patient won nine Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. Preceded by the British first edition; Ondaatje is, however, a Canadian author, making this first Canadian edition desirable.
A fine signed copy.