Set on the Greek island of Cephalonia, this is a tale of the
inhabitants of that island throughout World War II. The story
centres on the love between the doctor's daughter Pelagia and the
Italian officer Antonio Corelli, with a pageant of other
characters, animals, catastrophes and joys so rich, so funny, so
rewarding, that only superlatives can be used to describe this
luscious novel. (Kirkus UK)
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.
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