by Louis de Bernières · Plaza & Janés · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401327186
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«La mandolina del capitán Corelli» is a historical novel by Louis de Bernières, published by Plaza & Janés in hardcover (497 pages, in Spanish).
The action takes place on the Greek island of Cephalonia during World War II, occupied by Italian troops. Pelagia, daughter of the local doctor, meets Captain Corelli, an affable Italian officer, and their relationship develops amid a conflict that tests the characters' loyalty.
Translation by Luis Murillo Fort. Edition with dust jacket. First edition.
Will appeal to readers of historical fiction and contemporary narrative with love stories in wartime.
Louis de Bernières is an English novelist. He is known for his 1994 historical war novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin. In 1993 de Bernières was selected as one of the "20 Best of Young British Novelists", part of a promotion in Granta magazine. Captain Corelli's Mandolin was published in the following year, winning the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book. It was also shortlisted for the 1994 Sunday Express Book of the Year. It has been translated into at least 11 languages and is an international best-seller.
