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May 1, 2001 · Book Review: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett In Bel Canto, Patchett seamlessly combines action, romance and a high level of maturity to produce an amazing fictional novel that truly deserves winning the PEN/Faulkner award and Orange Prize for Fiction. It is Patchett’s best work and one that ... Read More
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May 31, 2001 · BEL CANTO. 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...
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 ...
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Sep 30, 2010 · CAPTIVE CROWD: When Ann Patchett’s winsome novel “Bel Canto” was published in 2001, she freely acknowledged that its plot — about an eclectic group of people held hostage by South American...
Jun 2, 2001 · Combining an unerring instinct for telling detail with the broader brushstrokes you need to tackle issues of culture and politics, Patchett (The Magician’s Assistant, 1997, etc.) creates a remarkably compelling chronicle of a multinational group of the rich and powerful held hostage for months.
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New York Magazine. Bel Canto is an unexpected transformation in Patchett's writing ... Patchett takes another, subtler route, weaving her story from the four months of forced cohabitation of the jungle guerillas and their prisoners ...
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Dec 8, 2015 · Adapted from Ann Patchett’s justly acclaimed 2001 novel, “Bel Canto,” which was loosely based on a 1996 terrorist hostage-taking in Peru, the opera had its premiere here on Monday night.
