<p>“Blissfully Romantic.... A strange, terrific, spellcasting story.” (<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>)</p> <p>“<i>Bel Canto...</i>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)</p> <p>“Glorious.” (<i>The New Yorker</i>)</p> <p>Ann Patchett’s award winning, <i>New York Times </i>best-selling <i>Bel Canto </i>balances themes of love and crisis as disparate characters learn that music is their only common language. As in Pratchett’s other novels, including <i>Truth & Beauty </i>and <i>The Magician’s Assistant</i>, the author’s lyrical prose and lucid imagination make <i>Bel Canto </i>a captivating story of strength and frailty, love and imprisonment, and an inspiring tale of transcendent romance.</p>