Talk:The English Patient

message: Going to majorly edit this article in the next few weeks hopefully- I'm currently studying the book at university. Is there any objections or wishes from people for me to include in my research and composition of the edit? R.J. Croton (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 09:08, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm planning another edit of the article, focusing primarily on the plot section. I've already begun to add citations where I could, and will add more from the text once I track down my copy of the book. I just wanted to echo R.J. Croton's inquiry for objections or suggestions for this edit before I start major revisions. --FacultiesIntact (talk) 04:53, 14 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major Edit 

message: I'm not sure I agree with Caravaggio's classification as "Canadian," since the book frequently makes note of the fact that he was Italian.  We know that he lived in Canada, since he knew Hana and her father, but he says himself (about the British recruiting him) "Here I was, an Italian and a thief. They couldn't believe their luck."  I am hesitant to make major changes to the main page, though, so I was hoping someone could weigh in: should he be called Italian-Canadian or something like that instead of just Canadian? Sam927 05:02, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Caravaggio as "Canadian" 

message: I think it is pretty clear it is for protection... He was specifically questioned as a Nazi. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Clapre (talk • contribs) 02:38, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unknown whether this is for protection or as a metaphor 

message: The true first edition should be the (UK) Bloomsbury edition (http://www.amazon.co.uk/English-Patient-Michael-Ondaatje/dp/074751254X/ref=ed_oe_h) rather than the slightly later and simultaneous American and Canadian first editions (Knopf and Mcclelland & Stewart respectively). The UK edition was published Sept 1 1992, while the US and CAN editions were Sept. 29 (http://www.amazon.com/English-Patient-Michael-Ondaatje/dp/0679416781/ref=ed_oe_h). The cover is also the Knopf rather than Bloomsbury cover.Shane Lin (talk) 03:56, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  First edition 

message: Really? This needs a citation.
129.240.157.176 (talk) 09:53, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ditto. Added "dubious" tag. --71.111.194.50 (talk) 21:30, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translated into 300 languages? 

message: Does this add ANY value to the article? And secondly it is about the film and not the book. Elncid (talk) 09:12, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pop Culture 

message: Suggested wording:
"Plied by morphine, the English patient begins to reveal everything ......"
REF: Chapter 9: "Each swallow of morphine by the body opens a further door, or he leaps back to the cave paintings or to a buried plane or lingers once more with the woman beside him under a fan, her cheek against his stomach."
There is elsewhere [Chap. 6] reference to a Brompton Cocktail used on TEP developed at aLondon on Cancer patients.76.170.88.72 (talk) 23:44, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  TEP tells his story --Use of morphine 

message: Almásy escapes but realises that he will be too late to save Katharine. It is because of this realisation that Almásy allows himself to be captured by the Germans. Eventually he collects Katharine's body, but is found by the Germans.76.170.88.72 (talk) 08:20, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chap's for the following Plot statements