by Louis de Bernières · Debolsillo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788484506140
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«La mandolina del capitán Corelli» is the love-and-war novel by Louis de Bernières, published by Debolsillo in paperback (593 pages, in Spanish).
On the Greek island of Cephalonia, during World War II, Pelagia, the local doctor's daughter, sees the Italian and German occupation disrupt her daily life. Amid conflict and resistance, a sentimental bond forms with Captain Corelli, an Italian officer of musical spirit, in a story that explores love, war, and humanity.
Original title: Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Translated by Luis Murillo Fort. Edition from the Jet collection, number 378. Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1995.
For readers of historical, war, and romantic fiction, and for book clubs seeking a story with a real backdrop.
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.
