by Louis de Bernières · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401462009
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«La mandolina del capitán Corelli» is the historical novel by Louis de Bernières, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (593 pages, in Spanish).
During World War II, the occupation of the Greek island of Cephalonia by Italian and German troops alters the lives of its inhabitants. The plot centers on the bond between the Italian captain Corelli and the doctor's daughter in the village, in a community caught between resistance and the rigors of occupation.
This edition belongs to the Jet collection from Plaza & Janés. The work was originally published as Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and was awarded the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize in 1995.
It will appeal to readers of historical and romantic fiction, as well as book clubs that prefer war fiction set in Greece.
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.
