She is the co-owner of the bookstore Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee where she lives with her husband. Her works include The Patron Saint of Liars, Bel Canto, Com m onwealth, These Precious Days, This is the Story of a Happy Marriage, and The Dutch House. Patchett’s lyrical prose and lucid imagination make Bel Canto a captivating story of strength and frailty, love and imprisonment, and an inspiring tale of transcendent romance.Īnn Patchett is the author of eight novels, four nonfiction books, and one children’s book. 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. It is a perfect evening-until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. Roxanne Coss, opera’s most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. 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. It was placed on several top book lists, including Amazons Best Books of the Year (2001). It was awarded both the Orange Prize for Fiction and PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Audiobook Length: 11 hours and 20 minutes Ann Patchett’s award winning, New York Times best-selling Bel Canto balances themes of love and crisis as disparate characters learn that music is their only common language. Bel Canto is the fourth novel by American author Ann Patchett, published in 2001 by Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
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