Corelli's Mandolin : A Novel
3 journalers for this copy...
Trade paperback edition.
11/01/04: Reserved for Bulan-Purnama
11/01/04: Reserved for Bulan-Purnama
Received today, Thank you jamesmum
I finally finished reading this book.
What a great book this was!
A fascinating read from the start untill the end. De Berniers knows how to express feelings of the characters. Anguish, sufferings, pain that these people exprienced during the invasion. Litrature at its best.
Corelli's Mandolin was made into a movie with Nicholas Cage and Penelope Cruz. Have not seen the movie. Will rent a DVD soon.
From the back cover;
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 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.
Softcover 416 pages
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What a great book this was!
A fascinating read from the start untill the end. De Berniers knows how to express feelings of the characters. Anguish, sufferings, pain that these people exprienced during the invasion. Litrature at its best.
Corelli's Mandolin was made into a movie with Nicholas Cage and Penelope Cruz. Have not seen the movie. Will rent a DVD soon.
From the back cover;
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 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.
Softcover 416 pages
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If you are new to BookCrossing and find this book and this site, WELCOME ! Enjoy the site, the book and hopefully the BookCrossing community. I hope you will join BookCrossing. (Does not cost anything to join) and if you do please consider using any previous reader of this book, or me BULAN-PURNAMA as the member who referred you. If you are an old hand at BookCrossing, thank you. You will journal, so all the previous and future readers can track this book's journey. Thank you and Happy Crossing.........
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A rabck to another bookcrosser.
got as RABCK, thank you. I've been looking for a copy for a couple months now.
