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Tue 20 Jan, 2004 09:00 am
Good eve'nin/afternoon/mornin or similar..
Anyone know where I can find a good review of 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' by Louis de Bernieres? Im doing research for coursework, and need to know other readers opinions.. bleedin' google insists on throwing up reviews of the god awful film adaptation.
If anyone has any of their own opinions of t'book I would be muchly greatful..
The question i have chosen focuses on the way de Bernieres portrays the brutality and/or the nobility of war. Personally i feel there is nothing noble about any war..
Any opinions (noble/brutal/etc), pray tell..
Hi annifa. It's been 9 years since I read the book, so I don't think I can help with specifics. However, Amazon has a lot of short reviews here:
Amazon's page on Corelli's Mandolin
I'll keep looking for a more lengthy review and see what I find.
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annifa wrote:Good eve'nin/afternoon/mornin or similar..
Anyone know where I can find a good review of 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' by Louis de Bernieres? Im doing research for coursework, and need to know other readers opinions.. bleedin' google insists on throwing up reviews of the god awful film adaptation.
If anyone has any of their own opinions of t'book I would be muchly greatful..
The question i have chosen focuses on the way de Bernieres portrays the brutality and/or the nobility of war. Personally i feel there is nothing noble about any war..
Any opinions (noble/brutal/etc), pray tell..
I'm surprised you think the film was god awful.
In my opinion it was typical Hollywood smush and it bore little relation to the book.
The film was a gross misrepresentation of a thoroughly enjoyable book...erm nothing 'useful' to declare nope, sorry an'fa!
It does happens quite frequently that watching a movie after reading the book disappoints. But it is hard for this to be typical Hollywood when the director is English and the screenplay is written by a South African.
Ay, but it was put out by Universal Studios...
Well, that is damning.
I didn't love the movie but I liked it. The visuals were stunning. It is a mistake to assume the movie will follow the book; it is always disappointing to hope that it will.
Have read a bit of de Bernieres (sp?), but not the book in question, and haven't seen the movie, so I'm in no position to damn anything but the previews and the casting.
The Daily Telegraph (English newspaper) did a good review of it when it was published - could you find it in their archives????
Hollywood or not hollywood, methinks that the film was a bit rubbish. They should have called it "Penny and Nick fall in love.." (all together now: 'awwwww'), much more fitting than "captain corelli's mandolin".
Anyways, thanks v much for the help everyone!
Note that the title of the book is "Corelli's Mandalin." The filmmakers added "Captain," presumably because they thought it would make guys more likely to acquiesce to seeing it.
Note that the English version of the book is 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' and that Louis de Bernieres is English so go figure...
Huh. Seems it's been printed with both titles. The one on sale at amazon.com is sans "Captain" (which is also how it's listed under "Other Books by This Author" in my copy of "The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman" et al), but other copies include "Captain." Go fig...
lol...hmm dunno why captain is omitted in some copies ...I wonder whether twas de B who decided that or whether he was pushed by publishers abroad...which begs the question 'WHY?'
Dunno. I assumed it were the movie folks, like I said. Personally, I think it's got a much better sound without Captain, but, then -- I abhor change...
I have an oldish Vintage paperback with "Captain" in the title. Probably late 90's, before the movie, though.
from abebooks.com -- this was the first edition....
DE BERNIERES, Louis.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1994. 8vo. Fine in publisher's white cloth binding. Fine dust wrapper. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Callil & Toibin; Modern Library. (200 Best Novels in English since 1950). Bookseller Inventory #AHAR-16574
Price: US$ 1868.78
The first picture above is the edition I remember from winter/spring of 1994 when someone I knew was adapting the book for the stage. Go fig.
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