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306 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780394280134
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Publication date: 01 September 1992
Description
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.The nurse Hana, exhausted by death, obsessively tends to ...
Community Reviews Summary of 6,761 reviews
Moods
reflective 69%
sad 51%
challenging 40%
dark 35%
mysterious 34%
adventurous 23%
tense 18%
informative 12%
hopeful 6%
inspiring 5%
relaxing 2%
funny 1%
Pace
medium 26%
fast 2%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 63% | A mix: 28% | Plot: 6% | N/A: 1%Strong character development?
Yes: 51% | It's complicated: 25% | No: 22%Loveable characters?
Yes: 36% | It's complicated: 34% | No: 29%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 80% | No: 12% | It's complicated: 4% | N/A: 1%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 64% | It's complicated: 22% | No: 11% | N/A: 2%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Infidelity, Death, Fire/Fire injuryModerate
Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughtsMinor
Suicide, Miscarriage, Excrement
306 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780394280134
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Publication date: 01 September 1992
Description
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.The nurse Hana, exhausted by death, obsessively tends to ...
Community Reviews Summary of 6,761 reviews
Moods
reflective 69%
sad 51%
challenging 40%
dark 35%
mysterious 34%
adventurous 23%
tense 18%
informative 12%
hopeful 6%
inspiring 5%
relaxing 2%
funny 1%
Pace
medium 26%
fast 2%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 63% | A mix: 28% | Plot: 6% | N/A: 1%Strong character development?
Yes: 51% | It's complicated: 25% | No: 22%Loveable characters?
Yes: 36% | It's complicated: 34% | No: 29%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 80% | No: 12% | It's complicated: 4% | N/A: 1%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 64% | It's complicated: 22% | No: 11% | N/A: 2%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Infidelity, Death, Fire/Fire injuryModerate
Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughtsMinor
Suicide, Miscarriage, Excrement