Captain Corelli's Mandolin
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin: AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS

Captain Corelli's Mandolin: AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS


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1995 | Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book
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**AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS** 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR 'A true diamond of a novel, glinting with comedy and tragedy' Daily Mail It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals but over time he proves himself to be civilised, humorous – and a consummate musician. When Pelagia, the local doctor's daughter, finds her letters to her fiancé go unanswered, Antonio and Pelagia draw close and the working of the eternal triangle seems inevitable. But can this fragile love survive as a war of bestial savagery gets closer and the lines are drawn between invader and defender? 'Louis de Bernières is in the direct line that runs through Dickens and Evelyn Waugh...he has only to look into his world, one senses, for it to rush into reality, colours and touch and taste' Evening Standard

About the Author :
Louis de Berni res is the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book in 1995. His most recent books are So Much Life Left Over, The Dust That Falls From Dreams and The Autumn of the Ace, the short story collection Labels, the children's book Station Jim and the poetry collection The Cat in the Treble Clef.

Review :
A true diamond of a novel, glinting with comedy and tragedy A tall tale and a serious work of literature…its reputation suggests that one “should” read it, and so far I would have to agree Stunning... A high-spirited historical romance...remarkable. An emotional, funny, stunning novel which swings with wide smoothnes s between joy and bleakness, personal lives and history...it's lyrical and angry, satirical and earnest A wonderful epic novel...it has made him a name to conjure with. Both on the large and the small scale it is an absorbing and memorable book...the sweep, invention and warmth of the novel carries one effortlessly along Hypnotic...a vast tapestry woven in tiny, colourful, intricate detail...a graphic and moving commentary on the futility of war. This magical book stayed in my head long after I had finished it Captain Corelli's Mandolin achieves that rare feat of saying something new about war...fusing with remarkable felicity the cosmic and the tragic, the lyrical and the epic... And without offering easy answers, it poses difficult questions about love and suspicion, trust and betrayal, faith and despair, creativity and destruction Louis de Bernières is in the direct line that runs through Dickens and Evelyn Waugh...he has only to look into his world, one senses, for it to rush into reality, colours and touch and taste A master of haunted realism. His best novel yet. He deals with death and love and tragedy... This is a novel to be prized Captain Corelli's Mandolin is a wonderful, hypnotic novel of fabulous scope and tremendous, iridescent charm - and you can quote me


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780749397548
  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Vintage
  • Height: 199 mm
  • No of Pages: 560
  • Spine Width: 29 mm
  • Weight: 410 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0749397543
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 1995
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS
  • Width: 130 mm


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