From the novel by Michael Ondaatje Anthony Minghella's screenplay is a gripping adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning story of love, betrayal and loss set against a background of war, spies and intrigue."Here is a work of art to break your heart" (Time); "The current movie versions of books are well-meaning, but none comes close to The English Patient in their ability to turn literary prose into cinematic gems" (New York Times)

A novel that takes place as the Second World War is ending, and explores the lives of four very different people who find themselves sheltering together in a ruined villa north of Florence as the war retreats around them. From the author of SKIN OF A LION.

About the Author
Anthony Minghella, CBE was an English film director, playwright and screenwriter. Born on the Isle of Wight in 1984, he was Chairman of the Board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007. His plays include Whale Music, Two Planks and a Passion, A Little Like Drowning (for which he won the Critics Award for Most Promising Playwright, 1984), Made in Bangkok (for which he won the Critics Award for Best New Play, 1986), Hang Up, Cigarettes and Chocolate, and Eyes Down Looking. He was an Oscar-winning director, famous for his adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's novel, The English Patient (1996). He died in 2008. Michael Ondaatje was born in Sri Lanka and lives in Toronto. The English Patient won the Booker Prize in 1992 and was made into an Oscar-winning film directed by Anthony Minghella.


Book Information
ISBN 9780413715005
Author Anthony Minghella
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 220g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 126mm * 11mm