Inglés (Lengua) Lecturas y trozos escogidos
Soldiers Greece Cephalonia Island Fiction.
Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 Grecia Novela.
World War, 1939-1945 - Greece, Cephallonia Island - Fiction.
Historical fiction
Powieść angielska
Corellijeva mandolina
Captain Corelli's mandolin
Gab bags
La mandoline du capitaine Corelli : roman
Mandolina kapitana Corellego
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 the war turns into a free for all.
O bandolim do capitão Corelli : [romance]
Love stories
It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilised, humorous - and a consummate musician. When the local doctor's daughter's letters to her fiancé - a member of the underground - go unanswered, the working of the eternal triangle seems inevitable. But can this fragile love survive as a war of bestial savagery gets closer and the lines are drawn between invader and defender? -- From the Back Cover.
History
Corelli's mandolin a novel
When the Axis powers occupy the beautiful Greek Island of Cephallonia in 1941, its inhabitants treat the newcomers with the same quiet resistance and contempt as their predecessors. Can Captain Corelli and his mandolin make a difference?
"It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracized by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilized, humorous 7F 13 and a consummate musician. When the local doctor's daughter's letter to her fiance ́7F 13 and members of the underground 7F 13 go unanswered, the working of the eternal triangle seems inevitable. But can this fragile love survive as a war of bestial savagery gets closer and the lines are drawn between invader and defender?"
En Céphalonie, Pelagia, dix-sept ans, la fille du docteur Iannis, se prépare à épouser Mandras, pêcheur dans un village blotti entre la mer et les plantations d'oliviers. Mais on est en 1939 et bien des puissances extérieures conspirent pour déranger les plans des deux jeunes gens.
The Greek island of Cephallonia 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. And though the people who fill the island in 1940 may be less divine than their Olympian forebears, they are nonetheless divinely human, and none more so than the doctor's daughter, Pelagia.
Corelli's mandolin : a novel
This is a great love story set in the tragedy of war. It is 1941. The Italian officer, Captain Corelli, falls in love with Pelagia, a young Greek girl. But Pelegia's fiancé is fighting the Italian army.
Captain Correli's mandolin
De dochter van een Griekse dokter wordt tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog gescheiden van haar geliefde, een kapitein in het Italiaanse leger.
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. From the Trade Paperback edition.
In young Italian officer in 1941 and a local Greek couple become involved in a love triangle as the war draws closer.
The idyllic world of the Greek island of Cephallonia is forever changed by the inexorable changes of World War II, as the inhabitants struggle to cope with the Axis invasion and occupation.
Vita in debito
A captivating and mystical story of life and love during the wartime Italian occupation of the isolated Greek island of Cephallonia. Extravagant, inventive, emotionally sweeping, this rich and lyrical, heartbreaking and hilarious novel has been widely hailed as a classic. Set on the peaceful island of Cephallonia, just as the horrors of World War II reach its remote shores, Corelli's Mandolin is "an exuberant mixture of history and romance, written with a wit that is incandescent" (Los Angeles Times Book Review). 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 midst of the occupation are Pelagia, a willful, beautiful young woman, and the two suitors vying for her love and affection: Mandras, a gentle fisherman turned ruthless, murderous guerrilla, 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.
Electronic books
Corellis's Mandolin: A Novel
Kapteeni Corellin mandoliini
De dochter van een Griekse dokter wordt tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog gescheiden van haar geliefde, een kapitein in het Italiaanse leger. Met oefeningen en drie cd's. Vanaf ca. 17 jaar.
O bandolim de Corelli
Corellis Mandoline Roman ; [der Roman zum Film mit Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz und John Hurt]
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 Cephalonia, 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 guerrilla, and the charming, mandolin-playing Captain Corelli, a reluctant officer of the Italian garrison on the island.
Fiction
It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. When the local doctor's daughter's letters to her fiance go unanswered, the working of the eternal triangle seems inevitable.
War stories
Romance fiction
Kaptajn Corellis mandolin : roman
La mandolina del capitán Corelli
La mandolina del Capitan Corelli
A captivating and mystical story of life and love during the wartime Italian occupation of the isolated Greek island of Cephallonia. Extravagant, inventive, emotionally sweeping, this rich and lyrical, heartbreaking and hilarious novel has been widely hailed as a classic. Set on the peaceful island of Cephallonia, just as the horrors of World War II reach its remote shores, Corelli's Mandolin is "an exuberant mixture of history and romance, written with a wit that is incandescent" (Los Angeles Times Book Review). 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 midst of the occupation are Pelagia, a willful, beautiful young woman, and the two suitors vying for her love and affection: Mandras, a gentle fisherman turned ruthless, murderous 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.
Modern fiction
La Mandolina del capità Corelli
Large type books
The lives and actions of a group of Greeks are altered for years to come when the Italians occupy their island during World War II.
Corelli's Mandolin
Yüzbaşı Corellinin mandolini :roman = Captain Corelli's mandolin
During World War II an Italian soldier is billeted at the house of a doctor on the Greek island of Cephalonia. The fiancé of the doctor's daughter is in the resistance and before long the working of the eternal triangle seems inevitable.
Corelli's mandolin [a Gab bag for book discussion groups] : a novel
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 the war turns into a free for all. By the author of The troublesome offspring of Cardinal Guzman.
The story of Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer who is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia in 1941; This title is also available as a film.
Kaptajn Corellis mandolin
It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to a Greek island as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but he proves himself in time. He falls in love, but can a fragile love survive war?
Literatura i medicina
La mandoline du capitaine Corelli
Corellis mandoline
This is a great love story set in the tragedy of war. It is 1941. The Italian officer, Captain Corelli, falls in love with Pelagia, a young Greek girl. But Pelagia's fiancé is fighting the Italian army.
Corelli's mandolin
Kapitan Corelli
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Il mandolino del capitano Corelli : romanzo
Miscellaneous fiction
Kapitein Corelli's mandoline Grote letter
Una vita in debito : romanzo
Kapten Corellis mandolin
Corelli kapitány mandolinja
Il mandolino del capitano Corelli
Cephallonia Island (Greece) - History - Fiction.
Powieść angielska 1990- tłumaczenia polskie.
World War, 1939-1945 Greece Cephalonia (Municipality) Fiction.
Cephallonia Islands (Greece) History. Fiction.
Cephalonia Island (Greece) History Fiction.