What a coincidence - I was at a fundraiser garage sale on Saturday and bought a copy of Captain Corelli's Mandolin. I've heard great things about the book (and what crap the movie was).
Thanks for the review, Marko! ~mags BCID: magsblue --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Marko Bomyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Earlier today I finished re-reading Captain Corelli's Mandolin (CCM) by Louis de Bernieres, a thoroughly rewarding experience as it reminded me why I enjoy reading so much. > > Before I start I want to make clear that I don't think CCM is the greatest book ever written (my vote for that goes to 100 Years of Solitude). > > But this book is a fantastic read. I at times laughed out loud (for example when the author describes an aid worker trying to find who needs food. He has learnt only one word of greek, 'hungry' and goes around saying it to locals whilst pointing to his mouth. The locals, all starving, take pity on him and prepare a meal for him out of what little they have). > > It has sections that are terribly tragic and de Bernieres has a way of shocking you in his descriptions that can make you feel physically sick. > > It is entertaining, fun, easy but also thought provoking. You follow men and women as they descend to the levels of demons and the causes behind this. You at one point feel pity for a man who re-enters the story attempting to rape one of the lead characters. The de-humanisation of humans is one of de Bernieres strongest themes in all his books. > > It is set during a time of war so it is impossible not to view the current war and try to imagine where history might view the current protagonists. How many times have we seen stories concerning the 10 000 civilian casualties during this war, (I, none on UK/US news channels). But equally how many stories from the actual soldiers fighting in a country where they would rather not be ( again none if you ignore the hand picked soldiers talking to hand picked reporters). > > To wrap up. The book was fun, it was very well written, it rattled my head at times, it made me look at issues from different angle. > > To me that makes it very nearly a perfect book. > > M. > > (PS The film was rubbish). > > Reading - Birds without Wings > > Listening to Radio 4 > > > Marko J. O. Bomyer > > Everything you know is wrong. > > --------------------------------- > ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/wnIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
