Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis Bernieres
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.
A true diamond of a novel, glinting with comedy and tragedy * Daily Mail *
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 -- Nigel Rodenhurst * Times Higher Education *
Stunning.. A high-spirited historical romance...remarkable. * New York Times Book Review *
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 * Observer *
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 -- Derwent May * The Times *
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 -- Nigel Rodenhurst * Times Higher Education *
Stunning.. A high-spirited historical romance...remarkable. * New York Times Book Review *
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 * Observer *
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 -- Derwent May * The Times *
Louis de Bernières 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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780749397548 |
| ISBN 10 | 0749397543 |
| Title | Captain Corelli's Mandolin |
| Author | Louis Bernieres |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1995-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 560 |
| Prizes | Winner of Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book 1995 |
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