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 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 Freshman Common Book: NYU/Steinhardt School, Converse College, University of Nebraska-LincolnBinding Type: Paperback
Author: Ann Patchett
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 06/10/2008
ISBN: 9780061565311
Pages: 318
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.10d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 155131 / Bel Canto
Reading Level: 6.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 19
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 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 Freshman Common Book: NYU/Steinhardt School, Converse College, University of Nebraska-LincolnBinding Type: Paperback
Author: Ann Patchett
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 06/10/2008
ISBN: 9780061565311
Pages: 318
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.10d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 155131 / Bel Canto
Reading Level: 6.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 19