{"product_id":"captain-corellis-mandolin-9781848428980","title":"Captain Corelli's Mandolin","description":"\u003cp\u003eKefalonia, 1941. Captain Corelli, an enigmatic young Italian officer, is posted to the idyllic Greek island as part of the Axis occupying forces. Shunned by the locals at first, he proves to be civilised, humorous - and a consummate musician.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe captain is soon thrown together with Dr Iannis's strong-willed and beautiful daughter, Pelagia, who discovers all of the complexities of love, and how it can blossom in the most unexpected and profound way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLouis de Berni?res\u003c\/strong\u003e, who lives in Norfolk, published his first novel in 1990 and was selected by \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e magazine as one of the twenty Best of Young British Novelists in 1993. Since then he has become well known internationally as a writer, with his novel \u003cem\u003eCaptain Corelli's Mandolin\u003c\/em\u003e winning the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Novel in 1994. As well as writing, de Berni?res plays the flute, mandolin and guitar. He was born in London in 1954.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRona Munro\u003c\/strong\u003e has written extensively for stage, radio, film and television including the award-winning plays \u003cem\u003eThe James Plays\u003c\/em\u003e trilogy (National Theatre of Scotland, the Edinburgh International Festival and the National Theatre of Great Britain), \u003cem\u003eIron\u003c\/em\u003e (Traverse Theatre and Royal Court, London), \u003cem\u003eBold Girls\u003c\/em\u003e (7:84 and Hampstead Theatre) and \u003cem\u003eThe Maiden Stone\u003c\/em\u003e (Hampstead Theatre).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther credits include adaptations of Mary Shelley's \u003cem\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e and Louis de Berni?res' novel \u003cem\u003eCaptain Corelli's Mandolin\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eScuttlers\u003c\/em\u003e for Manchester's Royal Exchange, \u003cem\u003eThe Last Witch\u003c\/em\u003e for the Traverse Theatre and the Edinburgh International Festival, \u003cem\u003eLong Time Dead\u003c\/em\u003e for Paines Plough and the Drum Theatre Plymouth, \u003cem\u003eThe Indian Boy\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e Little Eagles\u003c\/em\u003e for the Royal Shakespeare Company and \u003cem\u003ePandas\u003c\/em\u003e for the Traverse in Edinburgh. She is the co-founder, with actress Fiona Knowles, of Scotland's oldest continuously performing, small-scale touring theatre company, The Msfits. Their one-woman shows have toured every year since 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFilm and television work includes the Ken Loach film \u003cem\u003eLadybird Ladybird\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAimee and Jaguar\u003c\/em\u003e and television dramas \u003cem\u003eRehab\u003c\/em\u003e (directed by Antonia Bird) and BAFTA-nominated \u003cem\u003eBumping the Odds\u003c\/em\u003e for the BBC. She has also written many other single plays for television and contributed to series including \u003cem\u003eCasualty\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDr Who\u003c\/em\u003e. Most recently, she wrote the screenplay for \u003cem\u003eOranges and Sunshine\u003c\/em\u003e, directed by Jim Loach and starring Emily Watson and Hugo Weaving.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe has contributed several radio plays to the Stanley Baxter Playhouse series on BBC Radio 4.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50859578097938,"sku":"9781848428980","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b9e80b8c-7586-4bed-88b0-b9b20105e629.jpg?v=1737559440","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/captain-corellis-mandolin-9781848428980","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}