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Winner of the Orange Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The poignant - and at times very funny - novel from the author of State of Wonder and Commonwealth. Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honour of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerised 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.
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Bel Canto : Film Tie-in, Ann Patchett
- Language
- Released
- 2019
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ann Patchett
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Released
- 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN10
- 0008326134
- ISBN13
- 9780008326135
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Historical Themes, Self-Help, Music Theme, Love, Contemporary Fiction, Politics, Relationships, American Literature, Gifts for grandpa, Interpersonal Relationships, Kidnappings, Terrorism, Classical Music, South America, Singers, Chaos, Singing, Awards, Opera Singers, Hostages, Stockholm Syndrome, Soprano
- First published
- 2001
- Original title
- Bel Canto
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- Winner of the Orange Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The poignant - and at times very funny - novel from the author of State of Wonder and Commonwealth. Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honour of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerised 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.