Bel Canto
By Ann Patchett
Based on the 1996 Tupac Amaru takeover of the Japanese ambassadorial residence
in Lima, Peru, Ann Patchett’s novel, Bel Canto, is a beautiful story about
the transcendence of art and love. Joined by no common language except music,
the international hostages and their captors forge unexpected bonds. Time stands
still, duties evaporate, priorities shift as captors and their prisoners settle
into a strange and peaceful domesticity. Ann Patchett moves in and out of the
hearts and psyches of hostage and terrorist alike, and in so doing reveals a
profound, shared humanity. Nancy Williams Faris
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