内容简介
Withunsettlingbeautyandintelligence,MichaelOndaatje'sBookerPrize-winningnoveltracestheintersectionoffourdamagedlivesinanabandonedItalianvillaattheendofWorldWarII.ThenurseHana,exhaustedbydeath,obsessivelytendstoherlastsurvivingpatient.Caravaggio,thethief,triestoreimaginewhoheis,nowthathishandsarehopelesslymaimed.TheIndiansapperKipsearchesforhiddenbombsinalandscapewherenothingissafebuthimself.AndatthecenterofhislabyrinthliestheEnglishpatient,namelessandhideouslyburned,amanwhoisbothariddleandaprovocationtohiscompanions—andwhosememoriesofsuffering,rescue,andbetrayalilluminatethisbooklikeflashesofheatlightning.
作者简介
MichaelOndaatjeistheauthoroffourpreviousnovels,amemoir,anonfictionbookonfilm,andseveralbooksofpoetry.TheEnglishPatientwontheBookerPrizeandwasanAcademyAward-winningfilm;Anil’sGhostwontheIrishTimesInternationalFictionPrize,theGillerPrize,andthePrixMédicis.BorninSriLanka,OndaatjenowlivesinToronto.,,