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Bel Canto - Ann Patchett

Bel Canto

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
336 Seiten
2002
Fourth Estate Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84115-583-8 (ISBN)
CHF 15,65 inkl. MwSt
Winner of The Women’s Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.



The poignant – and at times very funny – novel from the author of The Dutch House and Commonwealth.


Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honour of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxane Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerised 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.

Ann Patchett is the author of eight novels, The Patron Saint of Liars, Taft, The Magician’s Assistant, Bel Canto, Run, State of Wonder, Commonwealth and The Dutch House. She was the editor of Best American Short Stories, 2006, and has written three books of nonfiction, Truth & Beauty, What now? and, most recently, This is the Story of a Happy Marriage. She has won numerous prizes, including the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Women’s Prize for Fiction, and her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. She was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine. Patchett is the co-owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee, where she lives with her husband, Karl VanDevender, and their dog, Sparky.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.4.2002
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Gewicht 250 g
Themenwelt Literatur Krimi / Thriller / Horror Krimi / Thriller
Literatur Romane / Erzählungen
Literatur Zweisprachige Ausgaben Deutsch / Englisch
Schlagworte Englisch; Romane/Erzählungen • Orange Prize • PEN/Faulkner Award
ISBN-10 1-84115-583-7 / 1841155837
ISBN-13 978-1-84115-583-8 / 9781841155838
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