Louis de Bernieres · 1994 · mediterranean

Louis de Bernieres's 1994 novel. On the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Second World War, the Italian officer Antonio Corelli is billeted with the doctor Iannis and his daughter Pelagia, and love grows across enemy lines to the sound of his mandolin. When Italy surrenders, the Germans turn on their former allies in a massacre that shatters the island and the lovers' world.

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   Argostoli

   The main town of Cephalonia, where the Italian and German forces occupy the island and Captain Corelli is billeted in the household of Doctor Iannis and his daughter Pelagia.

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   Pelagia's village

   The hillside village where Pelagia and Corelli's love deepens to the sound of his mandolin - and where the German massacre of the Italian garrison finally engulfs them.