Extravagant, inventive, emotionally sweeping, 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 guerrilla, 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, Corelli's Mandolin is a passionate novel as rich in ideas as it is genuinely moving.

I just got this in the mail today from a fellow Book Crosser in North Carolina! Thank you so much for your willingness to trade. This is just the book I'm ready for this coming weekend. :)

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I'm a little embarrassed about not having read this yet. Have I really had this book for two years?

I just picked up my own copy at a library sale this past weekend, so I'm marking this one "available." It's up for grabs if anyone wants to trade. :)

Sorry, bookshop.

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

Releasing this book in the lobby before the last day of the Kagan workshop for teachers. :) This book is ready to travel!