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Sep 30, 2010 · In her new novel, “Creation Lake,” Rachel Kushner invents a secret agent who’s not really all that different from a novelist. Finding the Funny in Race: Danzy Senna, who is mixed-race, has ...
May 31, 2001 · A Novel. By Ann Patchett. 318 pages. HarperCollins. $25. In a novel that begins with a kiss and absolutely deserves one, the most powerful electronics executive in Japan is invited to celebrate ...
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Jun 2, 2001 · While the love story is the book’s focus, the subplot involving Maisie’s illness is equally well-developed, and the link between Beckett and the twins is heartfelt and sincere. A thoughtful and pensive tale with intelligent characters and a satisfying romance. 592. Pub Date: Feb. 26, 2019. ISBN: 978-1-64063-533-3.
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May 1, 2001 · 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. As a reader, you find yourself fervently wanting this captivity to continue forever, even though you know that real life waits on the other ...
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May 22, 2001 · 3.93. 291,809 ratings19,429 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 ...
May 22, 2001 · For in spite of the ripe emotionality of Bel Canto, Patchett proves herself from the start to be too unsentimental and honest to serve up a contrived ending. You can tell by the book's host of tart observations...that this is one writer who won't bullshit us. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett has an overall rating of Rave based on 7 book reviews.
