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1、THEENGLISHPATIENTanovelbyMICHAELONDAATJEMichaelOndaatjeisanovelistandpoetwholivesinToronto,Canada.HeistheauthorofIntheSkinofaLion,ComingThroughSlaughter,andTheCollectedWorksofBillytheKid;threecollectionsofpoems,TheCinnamonPeeler,SecularLove,andThere’saTrick,withaKni
2、feI’mLearningtoDo;andamemoir,RunningintheFamily.HereceivedtheBookerPrizeforTheEnglishPatient.InmemoryofSkipandMaryDickinsonForQuintinandGriffinAndforLouiseDennys,withthanks‘Mostofyou,Iamsure,rememberthetragiccircumstancesofthedeathofGeoffreyCliftonatGilfKebir,follow
3、edlaterbythedisappearanceofhiswife,KatharineClifton,whichtookplaceduringthe1939desertexpeditioninsearchofZerzura.“Icannotbeginthismeetingtonightwithoutreferringverysympatheticallytothosetragicoccurrences.“Thelecturethisevening...”FromtheminutesoftheGeographicalSocie
4、tymeetingofNovember194-,LondonContentsI-TheVillaII-InNearRuinsIII-SometimeaFireIV-SouthCairo1930-1938V-KatharineVI-ABuriedPlaneVII-InSituVIII-TheHolyForestIX-TheCaveofSwimmersX-AugustITheVillaSHESTANDSUPinthegardenwhereshehasbeenworkingandlooksintothedistance.Shehas
5、sensedashiftintheweather.Thereisanothergustofwind,abuckleofnoiseintheair,andthetallcypressessway.Sheturnsandmovesuphilltowardsthehouse,climbingoveralowwall,feelingthefirstdropsofrainonherbarearms.Shecrossestheloggiaandquicklyentersthehouse.Inthekitchenshedoesn’tpaus
6、ebutgoesthroughitandclimbsthestairswhichareindarknessandthencontinuesalongthelonghall,attheendofwhichisawedgeoflightfromanopendoor.Sheturnsintotheroomwhichisanothergarden—thisonemadeupoftreesandbowerspaintedoveritswallsandceiling.Themanliesonthebed,hisbodyexposedtot
7、hebreeze,andheturnshisheadslowlytowardsherassheenters.Everyfourdaysshewasheshisblackbody,beginningatthedestroyedfeet.Shewetsawashclothandholdingitabovehisanklessqueezesthewaterontohim,lookingupashemur-murs,seeinghissmile.Abovetheshinstheburnsareworst.Beyondpurple.Bo
8、ne.Shehasnursedhimformonthsandsheknowsthebodywell,thepenissleepinglikeaseahorse,thethintighthips.HipbonesofChrist,shethinks.Heisherdespair
