Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett | May 22, 2001 | Literature & Fiction
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award • Winner of the Orange Prize • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
"Bel Canto is its own universe. A marvel of a book." —Washington Post Book World
New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett’s spellbinding novel about love and opera, and the unifying ways people learn to communicate across cultural barriers in time...
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award • Winner of the Orange Prize • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
"Bel Canto is its own universe. A marvel of a book." —Washington Post Book World
New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett’s spellbinding novel about love and opera, and the unifying ways people learn to communicate across cultural barriers in times of crisis
Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening—until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, a moment of great beauty, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different continents become compatriots, intimate friends, and lovers.
Patchett's lyrical prose and lucid imagination make _Bel Canto_a captivating story of strength and frailty, love and imprisonment, and an inspiring tale of transcendent romance.
More details for Bel Canto
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ISBN #
0060188731
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Page count
336 pages
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Publication Date
May 22, 2001
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Publisher
Harper
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Category
Fiction
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Genre
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Amazon Star Rating
4.2
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Amazon Ratings Count
4,183 ratings
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Amazon Last Rating Data Date
August 21, 2021
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