Bel Canto: New York 2002

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Bel Canto New York 2002

• Literary PrizesReviewsNew York 2002

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Literary Prizes Distinctions

• Orange Prize for Fiction 30,000
• Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction 15, 000 us
• Oprah Pick

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Literary Prizes

• Anita Brookner on the Orange PrizeIm against
  positive discrimination. If women want equality,
  which they do, and which they have largely
  achieved, they shouldnt ask for separate
  treatment. Publishing is an open forum. If a
  book is good, it will get published. If it is
  good it will get reviewed.

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Literary Prizes Distinctions
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Reviews

• Anis ShivaniAnn Patchett has wondered how
  differently she might have written this book
  after the events of September 11. Luckily for
  us, she finished the book by May 2001, and
  succeeded in giving us an honest look at the
  common humanity that bridges the roles ostensibly
  played by terrorists and hostages, and other
  supposed opposites of the same kind, without
  being affected by the false sentiments produced
  copiously by official culture.

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Reviews

• Barb ShoupRead this book! I say, when the
  subject of Sept. 11 comes up. Because it is so
  important to remember that hostage, terrorist,
  you, meeach of us has a rich, complex,
  surprising secret soul. Chekov was right that
  soul is unknowable. But Bel Canto gives the
  reader a kind of map for imagining the souls, the
  inner lives of real peoplethose we know and
  those well never know but whose actions affect
  our lives profoundly.

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• AnonymousAnn Patchetts latest novel provides
  an intriguing setting for a fascinating
  exploration of the human spirit. The plot is
  based on an actual event that resonates all the
  more in our post 9-11 psyche. Terror abounds but
  music and love conquer. The plot is unnerving,
  the characters are irresistible and the writing
  is nuanced and moving. Bel Canto seems perfect
  for summer 2002, imaginative, authentic, and
  uplifting.

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Patchett, Fleming, New York
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
WTC, 9/11
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Renée Fleming Ann Patchett The Art of Bel
Canto in Song and in WordThe Lincoln Center for
the Performing Arts, New York, 2002
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Patchett, Fleming, New York

• NPR Interview April 2002 with Patchett and
  Fleming on The Futility of Violence
• Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg talks to
  soprano Renee Fleming and novelist Ann Patchett
  about the relationship between musical
  inspiration and the literary imagination. Fleming
  and Patchett will appear tonight at Lincoln
  Center in New York for a discussion, The Art of
  Bel Canto in Song and Word.

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