by Ann Patchett · Fourth Estate · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781841155838
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«Bel Canto» is the novel by Ann Patchett, published by Fourth Estate in paperback (336 pages, in English).
At the residence of a South American vice-president, soprano Roxane Coss sings at the birthday of Japanese businessman Mr. Hosokawa. An armed group takes the guests hostage; the initial fear gives way to an unexpected coexistence, with friendship, compassion and love between captors and captives while danger remains present.
Novel winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award, nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award and finalist for the Dublin Literary Award.
For book clubs and readers of contemporary literary fiction; combines kidnapping tension, opera and human relationships.
Ann Patchett is an American author. In 2002 she received the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction for her novel Bel Canto. Patchett's other novels include The Patron Saint of Liars (1992), Taft (1994), The Magician's Assistant (1997), Run (2007), State of Wonder (2011), Commonwealth (2016), The Dutch House (2019), and Tom Lake (2023). The Dutch House was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
