Corelli's Mandolin

Corelli's MandolinThe Greek island of Cephallonia peaceful, remote, famed for its beauty, its light, its mythic history and only just beginning to enter the twentieth century when the tide of World War II rolls onto its shores. This is the setting for Louis de Bernieres's lyrical, heartbreaking, and hilarious chronicle of the days and nights of the island's inhabitants over fifty tumultuous years. "It was an island filled with gods, " writes Dr. Iannis, Cephallonia's

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