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.

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. All the brilliant things we might have done with our lives if only we suspected we knew how. New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett’s spellbinding novel about love and opera, and the unifying ways people learn to communicate across cultural barriers in times of crisis In an epilogue that takes place some years later, former hostages Simon Thibault and his wife meet with Gen and. The book won several awards for literary merit and was read in an opera award show. Posted about my SAB listing a few weeks ago about not showing up in search only when you entered the exact name. All of the hostages are freed except for Hosokawa, who is shot by government forces in the struggle. The Bel Canto Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and. A marvel of a book.' - Washington Post Book World At the end of the novel, the government breaks into the house and kills all the terrorists. National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist.

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