As a reader, you find yourself fervently wanting this captivity to continue forever, even though you know that real life waits on the other side of the garden wall. A virtuoso performance by one of our best and most important writers, Bel Canto is a novel to be cherished. Every Friday, we highlight an eBook from our collection at.
The author of the book:Ann Patchett Format files: PDF, EPUB The size of the: 4.98 MB Language: English ISBN-13: 9780060188733 Edition: HarperCollins Publishers Date of issue: 5/28/2001 |
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. Envelope daydream nation. Roxane Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening—until PDF 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. Friendship, compassion, and the ePub chance for great love lead the characters to forget the real danger that has been set in motion . . . and cannot be stopped.
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