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.Ī provocative and enchanting look at the power art has to suspend real life and to create a better world, one in which the differences between people can be erased and the barriers to our best selves can be hurdled., Bel Canto has all the qualities one has come to expect from a classic Ann Patchett novel: grace, beauty, elegance, and magic., Blissfully romantic. 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. It is a perfect evening-until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. 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. A marvel of a book." -Washington Post Book World A beautifully designed Harper Perennial Deluxe Edition of Ann Patchett's spellbinding novel about love and opera, and the unifying ways people learn to communicate across cultural barriers in times of crisis. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award * Winner of the Orange Prize * National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist "Bel Canto is its own universe.
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