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        The English Patient


        setting

        North Africa

        time

        WWII

        language

        English

        region

        Africa

        year published

        1992

        page count

        320

        difficulty

        Difficult

        main characters

        Almásy, Hana, Kip, David Caravaggio, Katharine Clifton

        Rip's impressions

        Reserved for Guest Editor

        first line

        She stands up in the garden where she has been working and looks into the distance. She has sensed a shift in the weather.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)