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May 22, 2001 · 3.93. 289,055 ratings19,131 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.
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.
May 1, 2001 · 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.
Jun 12, 2020 · Somewhere in South America at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of Mr. Hosokawa, a powerful Japanese businessman. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the guests with her singing.
Bel Canto is a very engaging book that cannot be put down once one has started reading it. The social and political issues it covers are embedded well into a riveting story that keeps its readers hoping and dreaming along with the characters of the book.
Bel Canto is the fourth novel by American author Ann Patchett, published in 2001 by Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. It was awarded both the Orange Prize for Fiction and PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. It was placed on several top book lists, including Amazon's Best Books of the Year (2001).
May 22, 2001 · Ann Patchett’s award winning Bel Canto balances themes of love and crisis as disparate characters learn that music is their only common language.
Apr 1, 2002 · BEL CANTO is an interesting mix of the mundane and the magical. Reviewed by Jana Siciliano on January 21, 2011. Bel Cantoby Ann Patchett. Publication Date: April 1, 2002. Genres: Fiction. Paperback: 336 pages. Publisher: Harper Perennial.
May 22, 2001 · Bel Canto by Ann Patchett has an overall rating of Rave based on 7 book reviews.
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 ...
