Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Publisher: Secker and WarburgDate of Publication: 1994Binding: hardbackEdition: Condition: Fine/Near FineDescription: 0436201585 This is the version with black boards. The book itself is unread and fine; the jacket has a 7mm tear near the spine on the front but is otherwise fine.
Publisher: Secker and WarburgDate of Publication: 1994Binding: hardbackEdition: Condition: Fine/Near FineDescription: 0436201585 This is the version with black boards. The book itself is unread and fine; the jacket has a 7mm tear near the spine on the front but is otherwise fine.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780436201585 (0436201585)
Publish date: April 11th 1994
Publisher: Secker
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
War,
Contemporary,
World War II,
Greece
Never going to read this or anything else by the same author. His politics are very likely foul. DNF
This story deals with the Italian invasion and occupation of Greece during World War II, and though the love story between Pelagia, a Greek woman, and Captain Corelli of the Italian army is important, I'd say the central character in this book is the Greek Island of Cephalonia itself where the story...
In the middle of last summer, I got a wild desire to read Captain Corelli's Mandolin. I searched and searched and searched for a copy -- in every bookstore I passed and the local library. I did not want to satisfy the desire to read the book with a copy obtained through the impersonal and anonymou...
Love it until the last 20 pages. What was he thinking with that ending. Poetic, gripping, fun.
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