by Louis de Bernières · FisicalBook · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788422660286
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«La mandolina del capitán Corelli» is the historical novel by Louis de Bernières, published by Círculo de Lectores in paperback (497 pages, in Spanish).
Set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Second World War, it tells the story of Pelagia, daughter of the doctor Iannis, and of the Italian captain Antonio Corelli, a cultured officer who adores his mandolin. Amid occupation, atrocities and shifting loyalties, the novel weaves a love story with a reflection on war and memory.
Originally published as «Captain Corelli's Mandolin» in 1994; won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1995.
For lovers of historical fiction and love stories in wartime, and 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.
