A review by cseibs
Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières

4.0

Simply a wonderful story. The Cephallonians are richly depicted throughout, and the relationships drawn were beautiful. I even loved the ending - and I hate happy endings. De Bernieres kept the characters true and did not wrap the story up with a bow, but finished in a way that was consistent with the Pelagia and Corelli of the preceding 400 pages. I did find it odd, however, that de Bernieres would choose to romanticize the Italians in such a way, to the neglect of the larger context. Perhaps this was a statement as to the the isolation of Cephallonia itself, but it was something that I felt needed a little more attention than his mention in a half page afterward.