Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Informationen zum Autor 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 The Dust That Falls From Dreams, So Much Life Left Over 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 . Klappentext 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 as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilised, humorous - and a consummate musician. When the local doctor's daughter's letters to her fiancé - a member of the underground - go unanswered, 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? Zusammenfassung 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 as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilised, humorous - and a consummate musician.

Product details

• Authors: Louis de Bernieres, Louis de Bernières, Louis De Bernieres, Louis de Bernières
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.02.2010
• EAN: 9780099540861
• ISBN: 978-0-09-954086-1
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 29 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; VINTAGE CLASSICS
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical romance, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Literary, Second World War fiction, FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century, Greece, Greek Islands, Modern and contemporary fiction, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Ionian Sea