by Louis de Bernières · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070406999
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«La mandoline du capitaine Corelli» is the love-and-war novel by Louis de Bernières, published by Folio in paperback (704 pages, in French).
On the island of Cephalonia during the Second World War, Pelagia, the village doctor's daughter, waits for her fiancé while the Italian occupation transforms local life. Her encounter with Captain Corelli, an Italian officer fond of the mandolin, leads to an unexpected love amid war and violence.
Novel winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1995. French translation by Fanchita Gonzalez-Batlle.
For readers of historical novels and romances set during the Second World War.
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.
