{"product_id":"9780061565311","title":"Bel Canto","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBel Canto\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Ann Patchett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the PEN\/Faulkner Award • Winner of the Orange Prize • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eBel Canto\u003c\/em\u003e is its own universe. A marvel of a book.\" —\u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA beautifully designed Harper Perennial Deluxe Edition\u003cem\u003e of\u003c\/em\u003e Ann Patchett’s spellbinding novel about love and opera, and the unifying ways people learn to communicate across cultural barriers in times of crisis. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomewhere 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. Roxanne 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, intimate friends, and lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatchett's lyrical prose and lucid imagination make \u003cem\u003eBel Canto \u003c\/em\u003ea captivating story of strength and frailty, love and imprisonment, and an inspiring tale of transcendent romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Patchett’s tragicomic novel—a fantasia of guns and Puccini and Red Cross negotiations—invokes the glorious, unreliable promises of art, politics, and love.”\u003cbr\u003e“Elegantly alluring. . . . A novel that begins with a kiss and absolutely deserves one.”\u003cbr\u003e“One approaches the final pages with a heavy heart for several reasons, not the least of which being that this fine read has come to an end.”\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eBel Canto\u003c\/em\u003e has all the qualities one has come to expect from a classic Ann Patchett novel: grace, beauty, elegance, and magic.”\u003cbr\u003e“Patchett’s ability to evoke sense of place. . .is near magical in itself.”\u003cbr\u003e“A novel that showcases [Patchett's] profound understanding of the heart.”\u003cbr\u003e“This fluid and assured narrative, inspired by a real incident, demonstrates her growing maturity and mastery of form as she artfully integrates a musical theme within a dramatic story.”\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eBel Canto\u003c\/em\u003e by Ann Patchett should be on the list of every literate music lover. The story is riveting, the participants breathe and feel and are alive, and throughout this elegantly-told novel, music pours forth so splendidly that the reader hears it and is overwhelmed by its beauty. Ann Patchett is a special writer who has written a special book.\"\u003cbr\u003e“The most romantic novel in years. A strange, terrific, spellcasting story.”\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eBel Canto\u003c\/em\u003e invites readers to explore new and unfamiliar territory, to take some emotional risks rather than stand with Rolland among those 'already saved.'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIMPAC Dublin Literary Award Finalist, Southeast Booksellers Assn. -- fiction Finalist, PEN\/Faulkner Award, National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780061565311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial Modern Classics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41096651899086,"sku":"9780061565311","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780061565311.jpg?v=1649301933","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780061565311","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}