Bel Canto

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. 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. ''Patchett doing what she does best. . . . What gives this novel its power is Patchett''s flair for sketching the subtleties of her characters'' behavior.''-New York Times Book Review Freshman Common Book: NYU/Steinhardt School, Converse College, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

A propos de l'auteur

Ann Patchett is the author of novels, most recently the #1 New York Times bestselling Tom Lake, works of nonfiction, and children's books. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the PEN/Faulkner, the Women's Prize for Fiction in the UK, and the Book Sense Book of the Year. Her novel The Dutch House was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages, and Time magazine named her one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. President Biden awarded her the National Humanities Medal in recognition of her contributions to American culture. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where she is the owner of Parnassus Books.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Ann Patchett
• Edition: Perennial
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780061565311
• ISBN: 978-0-06-156531-1
• Pages: 318
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 208 mm x 27 mm
• Poids: 327 g
• Thèmes: Harper Perennial Deluxe Editions; Harper Perennial Deluxe Editio
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Romance, Narrative theme: Interior life, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Action & Adventure, FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE: FICTION, FICTION: Sagas, FICTION: Small Town & Rural *, HARPER PERENNIAL CLASSICS: FICTION, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Adventure / action fiction, Narrative theme: Diversity, equality, inclusion, Classic fiction: general and literary, Harper Perennial Classics / Fiction, First Year Experience / Fiction