The English Patient
"The English Patient" is the most well-known book by Canadian writer, poet and academician.
The main activity happens in 1930.-1940. Egipt and during the last days of World War II in one
Italy nunnery which was changed after the war to sickbay.
· Almásy is not English. He is Hungarian by birth. Almásy's manner is knowledgeable and
reflective. Almásy is not a highly dynamic character, he is intriguing and mysterious figure.
He is portrayed in a sympathetic light. He was part of a British archaeological group and
also as afterwards reveals a spy.
· Hana was a twenty-year-old Canadian Army nurse. She put all of her energy into caring
for the English Patient