Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Vintage
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 1999
Edition: Reprint

Description: 534 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy. 1941 And Captain Corelli, A Young Italian Officer Is Sent To A Greek Island And Hopes For A Peaceful War, He Proves In Time To Be Civilized, Humorous-and A Consummate Musician

Publishers Description: Extravagant, inventive, emotionally sweeping, Captain Corelli's Mandolin is the story of a timeless place that one day wakes up to find itself in the jaws of history. The place is the Greek island of Cephallonia, where gods once dabbled in the affairs of men and the local saint periodically rises from his sarcophagus to cure the mad. Then the tide of World War II rolls onto the island's shores in the form of the conquering Italian army.Caught in the occupation are Pelagia, a willful, beautiful young woman, and the two suitors vying for her love: Mandras, a gentle fisherman turned ruthless guerilla, and the charming, mandolin-playing Captain Corelli, a reluctant officer of the Italian garrison on the island. Rich with loyalties and betrayals, and set against a landscape where the factual blends seamlessly with the fantastic, Captain Corelli's Mandolin is a passionate novel as rich in ideas as it is genuinely moving.

ISBN: 9780099429296