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Corelli's Mandolin
By de Bernieres, Louis
Corelli's Mandolin
Extravagant, inventive, emotionally sweeping, this rich and lyrical, heartbreaking and hilarious novel has been widely hailed as a classic. Set on the peaceful island of Cephallonia, just as the horrors of World War II reach its remote shores, Corelli's Mandolin is "an exuberant mixture of history and romance, written with a wit that is incandescent" (Los Angeles Times Book Review.
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Authors:
de Bernieres, Louis
Copyright:
1994
Format:
Paperback
GTIN13:
9780679763970
ISBN10:
067976397X
Page Count:
448
Dimensions:
5.2x1.0x7.9
Publisher:
Vintage
Jacket Notes:
Extravagant, inventive, emotionally sweeping, Corelli's Mandolin is the story of a timeless place that one day wakes up to find itself in the jaws of history. The place is the Greek island of Cephallonia, where gods once dabbled in the affairs of men and the local saint periodically rises from his sarcophagus to cure the mad. Then the tide of World War II rolls onto the island's shores in the form of the conquering Italian army.
Caught in the occupation are Pelagia, a willful, beautiful young woman, and the two suitors vying for her love: Mandras, a gentle fisherman turned ruthless guerilla, and the charming, mandolin-playing Captain Corelli, a reluctant officer of the Italian garrison on the island. Rich with loyalties and betrayals, and set against a landscape where the factual blends seamlessly with the fantastic, Corelli's Mandolin is a passionate novel as rich in ideas as it is genuinely moving.
Caught in the occupation are Pelagia, a willful, beautiful young woman, and the two suitors vying for her love: Mandras, a gentle fisherman turned ruthless guerilla, and the charming, mandolin-playing Captain Corelli, a reluctant officer of the Italian garrison on the island. Rich with loyalties and betrayals, and set against a landscape where the factual blends seamlessly with the fantastic, Corelli's Mandolin is a passionate novel as rich in ideas as it is genuinely moving.
Strand Notes
Caught in the WWII German occupation on the Greek island of Cephallonia, a willful, beautiful young woman and two vying-for-her-love suitors indulge the grand topics of literature - love and death, heroism and skull-duggery,humor and pathos. Now a major motion picture. 437p. Pap.
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Caught in the WWII German occupation on the Greek island of Cephallonia, a willful, beautiful young woman and two vying-for-her-love suitors indulge the grand topics of literature - love and death, heroism and skull-duggery,humor and pathos. Now a major motion picture. 437p. Pap.
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