Bel Canto
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4.1 • 126 Ratings
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- $19.99
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
Now a major motion picture starring Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe.
“Blissfully Romantic….A strange, terrific, spellcasting story.” — San Francisco Chronicle
“Bel Canto…should be on the list of every literate music lover. The story is riveting, the participants breathe and feel and are alive, and throughout this elegantly-told novel, music pours forth so splendidly that the reader hears it and is overwhelmed by its beauty.” —Lloyd Moss, WXQR
“Glorious.” —The New Yorker
Ann Patchett’s award winning, New York Times bestselling Bel Canto balances themes of love and crisis as disparate characters learn that music is their only common language. As in Patchett’s other novels, including Truth & Beauty and The Magician’s Assistant, the author’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.
Customer Reviews
Read it, don’t listen to it
I tried multiple times to listen to this one, but the narration is so distracting. Filled with attempts at different voices and accents that miss the mark (sometimes substantially), I could never get connected to the stories or characters. I’m sure the story is incredible - I love her work - looking forward to reading it instead.
Can’t even finish this book.
Character development was poor and it was so slow I couldn’t get into it. I finally just stopped reading. Maybe it’s just me.