1st UK and true 1st, 1st printing. An extremely nice copy signed on the title page. Codice articolo 000687
Riassunto: Extravagant, inventive, emotionally sweeping, Captain 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, Captain Corelli's Mandolin is a passionate novel as rich in ideas as it is genuinely moving.
Recensione: "A tall tale and a serious work of literature...its reputation suggests that one “should” read it, and so far I would have to agree" (Nigel Rodenhurst Times Higher Education)
Titolo: Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Casa editrice: Secker & Warburg, London
Data di pubblicazione: 1994
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Fine
Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine
autografato: Signed by Author(s)
Edizione: 1st Edition
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. De Bernieres, Louis. Captain Corelli's mandolin. First edition, 10th impression, flat-signed by the author to title page. London: Secker & Warburg, 1994. Hardback, VG, in unclipped dustjacket with mild shelfwear along edges and slight bumping to corners. Black cloth, slight bumping to corners, with silver lettering to spine. Binding strong. 437pp. Light dust-staining to top edge of page block; contents clean and bright. "Captain Corelli's Mandolin is an emotional, funny, stunning novel which swings with wide smoothness between joy and bleakness, personal lives and history, between an hour-by-hour narrative riddled with meals and walks and cuffs and courtship and a decade-by-decade sweep through the years" (The Guardian). RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Signed by Author(s). Codice articolo ABE-1710508452421
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing.White boards. Book has some page edge toning, slight pushing to base and top of spine o/w very clean, firm fine copy. Dust jacket has minimal wear to extremities - two front corners & at top of spine; Comes in a new, removable clear cover. Satisfaction guaranteed. Signed by Author(s). Codice articolo 002776
Descrizione libro Condizione: Near fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Issued without dust jacket. First Edition. Near fine with only minor touches of wear in wrappers. Uncorrected proof of the author's fourth book. Signed by De Bernieres on the title-page and dated the year of publication. Signed by Author. Codice articolo 12171