by Louis De Bernières · SECKER & WARBURG. · tapa dura · ISBN 9780436201585
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In Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernières tells the story of the daughter of a Greek doctor who, during World War II, is separated from her beloved, a captain in the Italian army. The novel explores themes of love, war, and the struggle against brutality, set on the island of Cephalonia.
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.
