{"product_id":"bel-canto","title":"Bel Canto","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the PEN\/Faulkner Award • Winner of the Orange Prize • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist • New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bel Canto is its own universe. A marvel of a book.\" —Washington Post Book World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnn Patchett’s spellbinding novel about love and opera, and the unifying ways people learn to communicate across cultural barriers in times of crisis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomewhere 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatchett's lyrical prose and lucid imagination make Bel Canto a captivating story of strength and frailty, love and imprisonment, and an inspiring tale of transcendent romance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Athenix Books \u0026 Brews","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47638599631015,"sku":"0060838728","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/0480\/4519\/files\/9780060838720.jpg?v=1768237406","url":"https:\/\/athenixbooksandbrews.com\/products\/bel-canto","provider":"Athenix Books \u0026 Brews","version":"1.0","type":"link"}