by Louis de Bernières · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099422044
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«Captain Corelli's Mandolin» is the historical and love novel by Louis de Bernières, published by Vintage in paperback (544 pages, in English).
During the Second World War, the Greek island of Cephalonia is occupied by the Italian army. There, Captain Antonio Corelli, an officer fond of the mandolin, meets Pelagia, the local doctor's daughter. The love story between Corelli and Pelagia is marked by divided loyalties, the Greek resistance and the German invasion.
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1995. This 2001 edition has the cover of the film adaptation.
For readers of historical and romantic fiction with a Second World War backdrop; also a common choice for reading groups.
Louis de Bernières is an English novelist. He is known for his 1994 historical war novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin. In 1993 de Bernières was selected as one of the "20 Best of Young British Novelists", part of a promotion in Granta magazine. Captain Corelli's Mandolin was published in the following year, winning the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book. It was also shortlisted for the 1994 Sunday Express Book of the Year. It has been translated into at least 11 languages and is an international best-seller.
