Cover blurb:

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 gureilla, 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 genuiinely moving.

I have tried, but just could not get into this book. It is well written, just not my cup o tea.

RELEASE NOTES:

Bringing this with me to the meeting today, if nobody takes it off of the table, I will leave on the community bookshelf!

I've heard about this -- I think a movie was made of it. So I am going to try to read it.

Still waiting to be read.

I’m at the FlyingStarOBCZ2. Forgot login for the site, so I’ll put them all under my ID until I get home today. Still here -- lonely to be read as of 9-12-09. I’m squidgete, the official bookcrossing zone monitor for this site.