The English Patient [平裝] (英國病人)

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 The final curtain is closing on the Second World War, and Hana, a nurse, stays behind in an abandoned Italian villa to tend to her only remaining patient. Rescued by Bedouins from a burning plane, he is English, anonymous, damaged beyond recognition and haunted by his memories of passion and betrayal.
The only clue Hana has to his past is the one thing he clung on to through the fire - a copy of The Histories by Herodotus, covered with hand-written notes describing a painful and ultimately tragic love affair.

　　 《英國病人》講述的是二戰期間，一架英國飛機在飛越撒哈拉沙漠時被德軍擊落，飛機上的機師面部被全部燒傷，當地的人將他救活後送往了盟軍戰地醫院。由於受傷，這個機師喪失了記憶，不能想起自己是誰，因此只被叫做「英國病人」。法國和加拿大血統的護士漢娜是戰地醫院的一名護士，戰爭使她失去了男友麥根，在傷員轉移途中由於誤入雷區，又失去了最好的朋友珍，於是善良的漢娜決定獨自留下來照顧這個「英國病人」。這是意大利托斯卡納的一個廢棄的修道院，遠離戰爭的喧囂，顯得寧靜而閒逸，「英國病人「靜靜的躺在房間的木床上，窗頭的一本舊書漸漸喚起了他的緒........