{"product_id":"the-english-patient-introduction-by-pico-iyer-9780307700872","title":"The English Patient: Introduction by Pico Iyer","description":"Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning best seller lyrically portrays the convergence of four damaged lives in a bomb-riddled Italian villa in the last days of the war. Hana, the grieving nurse; the maimed thief, Caravaggio; the emotionally detached Indian sapper, Kip--each is haunted in different ways by the riddle of the man they know only as the English patient, a nameless burn victim who lies swathed in bandages in an upstairs room. It is this man's incandescent memories--of the bleak North African desert, of explorers' caves and Bedouin tribesmen, \u003cbr\u003eof forbidden love, and of annihilating anger--that illuminate the story, and the consequences of the mysteries they reveal radiate outward in shock waves that leave all the characters forever changed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Ondaatje is the author of eleven books of poetry, a memoir, and six novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Cat's Table, \u003c\/i\u003e coming in October 2011. He lives in Toronto. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePico Iyer is the author of two novels and seven works of nonfiction. His new book, \u003ci\u003eThe Man Within My Head, \u003c\/i\u003e comes out in 2012.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50717705273618,"sku":"9780307700872","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_020d1310-c7ab-4919-ad27-24cd51ad1dc2.jpg?v=1734624062","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-english-patient-introduction-by-pico-iyer-9780307700872","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}