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The english patient book free6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Caravaggio, the thief, tries to reimagine who he is, now that his hands are hopelessly maimed. The nurse Hana, exhausted by death, obsessively tends to her last surviving patient. Synopsis (from Goodreads): With unsettling beauty and intelligence, Michael Ondaatje’s Booker Prize-winning novel traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an abandoned Italian villa at the end of World War II. So the question is… do you Love it or Hate it? Continue reading to find see our two reviews. This month’s selection is The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje. It is another book that is on Boxall’s 1001 List of Books to Read Before you Die. My husband, Dan, was our Love it Reviewer and Andrew (a newly added contributor) was our Hate it Reviewer. Last time we discussed The World According to Garp. ![]() ![]() Well, welcome to the Love it or Hate it post category! Each month, we’ll pick one book to review and two contributors will battle it out to convince you to pick it up or throw it out. Instead people either seem to love it or hate it. Have you ever noticed how some books seem to drive a wedge between people? You check the reviews and find almost no middle-of-the-road ratings. ![]()
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