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Terrorists storm a gathering hosted by an underprivileged country to promote foreign interest and trade. When the translator plays a vital role in the subsequent relationships between different nationalities, it is the terrorist strike that most effectively promotes foreign relations.
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Foyles
Winner of the Orange Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The poignant - and at times very funny - novel from the author of State of Wonder and Commonwealth. Latin terrorists storm an international gathering hosted by an underprivileged country to promote foreign interest and trade, only to find that their intended target, the President, has stayed home to watch his favourite soap opera on TV. Among the hostages are a world class opera singer and her biggest fan, a Japanese tycoon who has been persuaded to attend the party on the understanding that she will perform half a dozen arias after dinner. The tycoon's engaging and sympathetic translator plays a vital role in the subsequent relationships between so many different nationalities closeted together, interpreting not only the terrorists' negotiations but also the language of love between lovers who cannot understand what the other is saying. Ultimately, it is the terrorist strike that does more to promote foreign relations than anyone could have hoped to achieve with the party.
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The poignant -- and at times very funny -- new novel from the author of 'The Magician's Assistant' shortlisted for the Orange Prize. Latin terrorists storm an international gathering hosted by an underprivileged country to promote foreign interest and trade only to find that their intended target the President has stayed home to watch his favourite soap opera on TV. Among the hostages are a world class opera singer and her biggest fan a Japanese tycoon who has been persuaded to attend the party on the understanding that she will perform half a dozen arias after dinner. The tycoon's engaging and sympathetic translator plays a vital role in the subsequent relationships between so many different nationalities closeted together interpreting not only the terrorists' negotiations but also the language of love between lovers who cannot understand what the other is saying. Ultimately it is the terrorist strike that does more to promote foreign relations than anyone could have hoped to achieve with the party.
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BookDepository
Bel Canto : Paperback : HarperCollins Publishers : 9781841155838 : : 30 Apr 2002 : 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.
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Blackwell
The poignant - and at times very funny - new novel from the author of 'The Magician's Assistant', shortlisted for the Orange Prize. The poignant - and at times very funny - new novel from the author of 'The Magician's Assistant', shortlisted for...
- 1841155837
- 9781841155838
- Ann Patchett
- 30 April 2002
- Fourth Estate
- Paperback (Book)
- 336
- New Ed
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