Corelli's Mandolin
A Novel
Published on 17. October 2012
448 pages
978-0-307-51821-7 (ISBN)
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Extravagant, inventive, emotionally sweeping, 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, Corelli's Mandolin is a passionate novel as rich in ideas as it is genuinely moving.
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, Corelli's Mandolin is a passionate novel as rich in ideas as it is genuinely moving.
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Louis de Bernieres | Stephen Lang
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LOUIS DE BERNIERES' novels include The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts (Commonwealth Writers Prize, Best First Book Eurasia Region, 1991), Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord (Commonwealth Writers Prize, Best Book Eurasia Region, 1992), and The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman. The author, who lives in London, was selected as one of the twenty Best of Young British Novelists 1993.
Content
- Intro
- About the Author
- Other Books by This Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- The Soldier
- 1 - Dr Iannis Commences his History and is Frustrated
- 2 - The Duce
- 3 - The Strongman
- 4 - L'Omosessuale (1)
- 5 - The Man who Said 'No'
- 6 - L'Omosessuale (2)
- 7 - Extreme Remedies
- 8 - A Funny Kind of Cat
- 9 - August 15th, 1940
- 10 - L'Omosessuale (3)
- 11 - Pelagia and Mandras
- 12 - All the Saint's Miracles
- 13 - Delirium
- 14 - Grazzi
- 15 - L'Omosessuale (4)
- 16 - Letters to Mandras at the Front
- 17 - L'Omosessuale (5)
- 18 - The Continuing Literary Travails of Dr Iannis
- 19 - L'Omosessuale (6)
- 20 - The Wild Man of the Ice
- 21 - Pelagia's First Patient
- 22 - Mandras Behind the Veil
- 23 - April 30th, 1941
- 24 - A Most Ungracious Surrender
- 25 - Resistance
- 26 - Sharp Edges
- 27 - A Discourse on Mandolins and a Concert
- 28 - Liberating the Masses (1)
- 29 - Etiquette
- 30 - The Good Nazi (1)
- 31 - A Problem with Eyes
- 32 - Liberating the Masses (2)
- 33 - A Problem with Hands
- 34 - Liberating the Masses (3)
- 35 - A Pamphlet Distributed on the Island, Entitled with the Fascist Slogan 'Believe, Fight, and Obey'
- 36 - Education
- 37 - An Episode Confirming Pelagia's Belief that Men do not Know the Difference Between Bravery and a Lack of Common Sense
- 38 - The Origin of Pelagia's March
- 39 - Arsenios
- 40 - A Problem with Lips
- 41 - Snails
- 42 - How like a Woman is a Mandolin
- 43 - The Great Big Spiky Rustball
- 44 - Theft
- 45 - A Time of Innocence
- 46 - Bunnios
- 47 - Dr Iannis Counsels his Daughter
- 48 - La Scala
- 49 - The Doctor Advises the Captain
- 50 - A Time of Hiatus
- 51 - Paralysis
- 52 - Developments
- 53 - First Blood
- 54 - Carlo's Farewell
- 55 - Victory
- 56 - The Good Nazi (2)
- 57 - Fire
- 58 - Surgery and Obsequy
- 59 - The Historical Cachette
- 60 - The Beginning of her Sorrows
- 61 - Every Parting is a Foretaste of Death
- 62 - Of the German Occupation
- 63 - Liberation
- 64 - Antonia
- 65 - 1953
- 66 - Rescue
- 67 - Pelagia's Lament
- 68 - The Resurrection of the History
- 69 - Bean by Bean the Sack Fills
- 70 - Excavation
- 71 - Antonia Sings Again
- 72 - An Unexpected Lesson
- 73 - Restitution
- Author's Note
- Acknowledgements
