The Resource Bel canto : a novel, Ann Patchett
Bel canto : a novel, Ann Patchett
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- Summary
- Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of Mr. Hosokawa, a powerful Japanese businessman. 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 breaks in through the air-conditioning vents and takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different countries and continents become compatriots. Friendship, compassion, and the chance for great love lead the characters to forget the real danger that has been set in motion and cannot be stopped
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 318 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060188733
- Label
- Bel canto : a novel
- Title
- Bel canto
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Ann Patchett
- Subject
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- South America -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Romance fiction
- trueSinging
- trueSouth America
- trueTerrorism
- Victims of Terrorism -- Fiction
- Victims of terrorism
- trueVictims of terrorism
- Victims of terrorism -- Fiction
- trueWomen opera singers
- Women singers
- Women singers -- Fiction
- trueDiplomats
- trueEmbassy buildings
- Embassy buildings -- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueHostages
- Hostages -- Fiction
- Miscellaneous fiction
- Opera -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of Mr. Hosokawa, a powerful Japanese businessman. 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 breaks in through the air-conditioning vents and takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different countries and continents become compatriots. Friendship, compassion, and the chance for great love lead the characters to forget the real danger that has been set in motion and cannot be stopped
- Award
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- Book Sense Book of the Year Paperback, 2003.
- Orange Prize for Fiction, 2002.
- PEN-Faulkner Award, 2002.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 048895
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Patchett, Ann
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- Interest level
- UG
- Literary form
- fiction
- Reading level
- 6.3
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader AR
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women singers
- Victims of terrorism
- Embassy buildings
- Hostages
- Opera
- South America
- Victims of Terrorism
- Victims of terrorism
- Women singers
- South America
- Label
- Bel canto : a novel, Ann Patchett
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 403541
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 318 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060188733
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 00053671
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780060188733
- (OCoLC)45466121
- Label
- Bel canto : a novel, Ann Patchett
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 403541
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 318 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060188733
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 00053671
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780060188733
- (OCoLC)45466121
Subject
- South America -- Fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Romance fiction
- trueSinging
- trueSouth America
- trueTerrorism
- Victims of Terrorism -- Fiction
- Victims of terrorism
- trueVictims of terrorism
- Victims of terrorism -- Fiction
- trueWomen opera singers
- Women singers
- Women singers -- Fiction
- trueDiplomats
- trueEmbassy buildings
- Embassy buildings -- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueHostages
- Hostages -- Fiction
- Miscellaneous fiction
- Opera -- Fiction
Genre
Included in
- trueClassic Literary Fiction
- trueWomen's Prize for Fiction
- truePEN/Faulkner Award
- trueIndies' Choice Book Awards: Paperback
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
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