Bel Canto: A Novel (The Perennial Collection)

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Synopsis

Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of Mr. Hosokawa, a powerful Japanese businessman.

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 breaks in through the air-conditioning vents and takes the entire party hostage.

But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different countries and continents become compatriots.

Without the demands of the world to shape their days, life on the inside becomes more beautiful than anything they had known before.

At once riveting and impassioned, the narrative becomes a moving exploration of how people communicate when music is the only common language. Friendship, compassion, and the chance for great love lead the characters to forget the real danger that has been set in motion and cannot be stopped.

Ann Patchett has written a novel that is as lyrical and profound as it is unforgettable. Bel Canto engenders in the reader the very passion for art and the language of music that its characters discover.

Winner of the 2002 Orange Prize for Fiction

Copyright:
2001

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
352 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780061738883
Related ISBNs:
9780060838720
Publisher:
HarperCollins
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Copyrighted By:
Ann Patchett
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction
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Bookshare Staff
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