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From its title, which translates to “beautiful song,” and its cover, which features elegantly dressed party goers, it is nearly impossible to guess that Ann Patchett’s “Bel Canto?? is a novel about terrorism. But perhaps that’s because “Bel Canto?? is so far from the typical book on terrorism...
Which isn’t to say that language is irrelevant: as the title suggests, Patchett’s writing has its own musical quality. From the first sentence to the last, “Bel Canto?? flows so beautifully that it is quite possible to read it in one sitting. Patchett’s descriptions are so vivid that by the end, the reader feels intimately connected not only with the hostages, but also with the terrorists...
Indeed, much of what makes “Bel Canto?? so engaging is the attention Patchett gives to the terrorists. Instead of portraying them as an unidentifiable mass of evil, Patchett writes about them as individuals, presenting their struggles alongside those of their hostages. With their initial plan foiled, the terrorists no longer have a course of action and struggle to agree about what they want. Though they have a general attitude of “working to free the people,” they are lost on what that specifically means...
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