International Journal of
English and Literature

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. English Lit.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2626
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJEL
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 281

Full Length Research Paper

Telling Stories in a World That Doesn’t Fit Them: Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient

Lee Wan-lun
  • Lee Wan-lun
  • Fu Jen Catholic University Taiwan, Taiwan.
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  •  Received: 04 July 2014
  •  Accepted: 21 August 2014
  •  Published: 30 November 2014

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