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Corelli's Mandolin
Corelli's Mandolin
Author: Louis De Bernieres
A tragicomedy on a Greek island during World War II. The hero is Antonio Corelli, a mandolin-playing captain of the occupying Italian army, the heroine is Pelagia Iannis, daughter of a local doctor, who is engaged to a Greek resistance leader, Corelli's enemy. The novel follows their adventures as Italy switches sides, the Germans invade and...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780679436447
ISBN-10: 0679436448
Publication Date: 9/6/1994
Pages: 437
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 8 ratings
Publisher: Pantheon
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 1
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Helpful Score: 5
One of the best books I've ever read (I've read it twice). The movie was terrible; don't use that as a guide!
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Helpful Score: 4
Skip the movie and just read the book. Beautiful setting. Very emotional.
savannahblue avatar reviewed Corelli's Mandolin on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
A beautiful, lyrical book about the occupation of a small Greek island during WW II. Romantic, funny, frighteningly graphic in its depiction of the horrors of war - truly a piece of literature. (And no, I haven't seen the movie - I like Nicolas Cage, but he wouldn't have been my pick. It might ruin the book for me. . .)
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Helpful Score: 2
A heart breaking and beautiful love story!!
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This is the unabridged version, 11 cassettes, 18 1/2 hours.
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Well, I read over half and decided to give it up. Maybe it was over my head. There was a lot of political storyline, which though educational, kind of bored me. I found it to be more confusing than amusing.
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This was quite a story. It was at times a little heavy for bedtime reading, but very well written, interesting, engaging.
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I had trouble finishing this book, but my curiosity about what happened in Pelagia's life spurred me on. This part of this book was funny, clever and interesting to me. The author, however, goes on and on in other parts about what is happening in the war. Some of this information is relevant to the story but much of it is boring, confusing and frankly gory and disgusting. At the end, I was left with an overall sense of the futility and destruction that is part of war. Not a very happy book!


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