The English Patient Shanna Tan and the ancient art of

and the ancient art of backing up a U-Haul

polyphonic epic filled with assassins

confused and surrounded by strangers

she didn’t know what starving people looked like

and middle-sister Stevie has always been content behind the scenes

The English Patient Shanna Tan and the ancient art ofIn the final days of the Second World War, an Italian villa turned hospital houses four unlikely companions, each scarredphysically or emotionallyby the trauma of conflict. At the heart of The English Patient lies a mystery: the identity and past of a man lying in an upstairs room, severely burned and unable to remember his name. Known only as the English patient, he is cared for by Hana, a young Canadian nurse devastated by personal tragedy. Their