Bel Canto by Ann Patchett audiobook

Bel Canto

By Ann Patchett
Read by Anna Fields

HarperAudio

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 2 Formats: CD
  • 2 Formats: Library CD

  • ISBN: 9780061429491

  • ISBN: 9798228400078

Runtime: 11.30 Hours
Category: Fiction/Literary
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

A 2002 Audie Award Finalist for Best Fiction Narration

Winner of the 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

Winner of the 2002 Orange Prize for Fiction

A 2001 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist

A USA Today bestseller

An Amazon Best Books of the Year selection

A 2003 Book Sense Book of the Year

Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award • Winner of the Orange Prize • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist • New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century

""Bel Canto is its own universe. A marvel of a book."" —Washington Post Book World

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

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'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.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Mixing art and politics can have unexpected results, but rarely are they so poignant…Anna Fields offers up each moment, each character slowly and deliberately, taking time to savor every subtlety. Her performance is the essence of bel canto, easy, pure of tone, with an agile, precise vocal technique.” —AudioFile
“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
“Elegantly alluring…A novel that begins with a kiss and absolutely deserves one.”  —New York Times
“The most romantic novel in years. A strange, terrific, spellcasting story.”  —San Francisco Chronicle
“Patchett’s tragicomic novel—a fantasia of guns and Puccini and Red Cross negotiations—invokes the glorious, unreliable promises of art, politics, and love.”  —New Yorker
“Bel Canto invites readers to explore new and unfamiliar territory, to take some emotional risks rather than stand with Rolland among those already saved.’” —Chicago Tribune
“Bel Canto moves elegantly through its paces, captors and captivates alike stumble on that most elusive liberty: the freedom to be.”  —New York Daily News
“Turning a traumatic experience into a remarkable study in humanity, a famous opera singer—and a bunch of other well-to-do businessmen and government officials from around the world—find themselves held hostage in the Japanese embassy in Peru after a botched kidnapping attempt. (Based on the real-life Japanese embassy hostage crisis between 1996–1997.) As months dwindle, many friendships and romances begin to form despite the language barriers, even between the hostages and the terrorists. —Vulture

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Author

Author Bio: Ann Patchett

Author Bio: Ann Patchett

Ann Patchett is the author of #1 New York Times bestselling novels, works of nonfiction, and children’s books. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the PEN/Faulkner, the Women’s Prize in the United Kingdom, and the Book Sense Book of the Year. Her novel The Dutch House was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. 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. Visit her at annpatchett.com

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Available Formats : CD, Library CD
Category: Fiction/Literary
Runtime: 11.30
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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