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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
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- Released
- 2019
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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, South America, Classical Music, Singers, Chaos, Music and singing, Singing, Awards, Hostages, Opera Singers, 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.