《The English Patient》第69章

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Acknowledgements
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while　some　of　the　characters　who　appear　in　this　book　are　based　on　historical　figures；　and　while　many　of　the　areas　described—such　as　the　gilf　kebir　and　its　surrounding　desert—exist；　and　were　explored　in　the　；　it　is　important　to　stress　that　this　story　is　a　fiction　and　that　the　portraits　of　the　characters　who　appear　in　it　are　fictional；　as　are　some　of　the　events　and　journeys。　
i　would　like　to　thank　the　royal　geographical　society；　london；　for　allowing　me　to　read　archival　material　and　to　glean　from　their　geographical　journals　the　world　of　explorers　and　their　journeys—often　beautifully　recorded　by　their　writers。　i　have　quoted　a　passage　from　hassanein　bey’s　article　“through　kufra　to　darfur”　（）；　describing　sandstorms；　and　i　have　drawn　from　him　and　other　explorers　to　evoke　the　desert　of　the
i　would　like　to　acknowledge　information　drawn　from　dr。　
richard　a。　hermann’s　“historical　problems　of　the　libyan　desert”　（）　and　r。　a。　bagnold’s　review　of　almasy’s　monograph　on　his　explorations　in　the　desert。　
many　books　were　important　to　me　in　my　research。　unexploded　bomb　by　major　a。　b。　hartley　was　especially　useful　in　re…creating　the　construction　of　bombs　and　in　describing　the　british　bomb　disposal　units　at　the　start　of　world　war　ii。　i　have　quoted　directly　from　his　book　（the　italicized　lines　in　the　“in　situ”　section）　and　have　based　some　of　kirpal　singh　s　methods　of　defusing　on　actual　techniques　that　hartley　records。　information　found　in　the　patient’s　notebook　on　the　nature　of　certain　winds　is　drawn　from　lyall　watson’s　wonderful　book　heavens　breath；　direct　quotes　appearing　in　quotation　marks。　the　section　from　the　candaules…gyges　story　in　herodotus’s　histories　is　from　the translation　by　g。　c。　mc…cauley　（macmillan）。　other　quotations　from　herodotus　use　the　david　grene　translation　（university　of　chicago　press）。　the　line　in　italics　on　page is　by　christopher　smart；　the　lines　in　italics　on　page are　from　john　milton　s　paradise　lost；　the　line　hana　remembers　on　page is　by　anne　wilkinson。　i　would　also　like　to　acknowledge　alan　moorehead’s　the　villa　diana；　which　discusses　the　life　of　poliziano　in　tuscany。　other　important　books　were　mary　mccarthy’s　the　stones　of　florence；　leonard　mosley’s　the　cat　and　the　mice；　g。　w。　l。　nicholson’s　the　canadians　in　italy　…？　and　canada’s　nursing　sisters；　the　marshall　cavendish　encyclopaedia　of　world　war　h；　f。　yeats…brown’s　martial　india；　and　three　other　books　on　the　indian　military：　the　tiger　strikes　and　the　tiger　kills；　published　in by　the　directorate　of　public　relations；　new　delhi；　india；　and　a　roll　of　honor。　
thanks　to　the　english　department　at　glendon　college；　york　university；　the　villa　serbelloni；　the　rockefeller　foundation；　and　the　metropolitan　toronto　reference　library。　
i　would　like　to　thank　the　following　for　their　generous　help：　elisabeth　dennys；　who　let　me　read　her　letters　written　from　egypt　during　the　war；　sister　margaret　at　the　villa　san　girolamo；　michael　williamson　at　the　national　library　of　canada；　ottawa；　anna　jardine；　rodney　dennys；　linda　spalding；　ellen　levine。　and　lally　marwah；　douglas　lepan；　david　young　and　donya　peroff。　
finally　a　special　thanks　to　ellen　seligman；　liz　calder　and　sonny　mehta。　
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