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 Bel Canto - Ann Patchett
Newest Review: ... strike and all the guests are taken hostage. So we have a classic hostage situation presented, much loved of films. The ... more  ... format works because it focuses the action and gives the opportunity for a mix of violence, romance and sub-plots. The tension mounts as we switch between the hostages and the rescuers. Here, though, we are looking at something different. This novel never concentrates on both sides, only on the hostages which is where the action is, both physical and psychological. There are three disparate groups covering several nationalities and cultures: the guerrillas, mostly young, poor, unsophisticated, idealistic (a bit), led by ...more |
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Bel Canto - Ann Patchett: Finely tuned writing (1137 words)
by - written on 30/08/06 (Very useful, 762 readings)
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This novel deservedly won the Orange Prize for fiction in 2002. The Orange Prize is for women writers, so how many of you guys out there are now dismissing this as a "woman's book"? There is a strange demarcation line in (most) men's minds about "women's books" and "men's books". I personally am happy to roam either side of this boundary, enjoying Sharpe, Flashman, the Tom Clancy doorstoppers as well as works where the action is more internalised. Jeremy Clarkson once wrote in an article that his wife had been reading a novel "where a woman goes away, has a child and many years later comes back again". "Ha, ha," chortled ... Read the complete review
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