Synopses & Reviews
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. Roxane 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. 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.
Synopsis:
"A strange, terrific, spellcasting story" ("San Francisco Chronicle"), "Bel Canto" engenders in the reader the very passion for art and the language of music that its characters discover.
About the Author
Ann Patchett is the author of five novels, including
Bel Canto (winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize), and the bestselling nonfiction book,
Truth & Beauty. She has written for
The Atlantic,
Harper's, Gourmet, the
New York Times Magazine,
Vogue, and the
Washington Post. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
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