Leise klirrende Champagnergläser, raschelnde Chiffonabendkleider - dann, am Ende der Arie, tosender Beifall, ein leidenschaftlicher Kuß - und plötzlich Schüsse, Schreie, Dunkelheit. Die elegante Villa des Vizepräsidenten gab den perfekten Rahmen für diese exklusive Geburtstagsfeier zu Ehren des japanischen Wirtschaftsmagnaten ab, bei der sogar die begnadete Operndiva Roxane Coss auftrat. Dann aber, als die Terroristen das prachtvolle Gebäude stürmen und die Geburtstagsgäste plötzlich Geiseln sind, hat alles ein jähes Ende. Oder ist es - für Täter wie für Opfer - ein Neuanfang?

Informationen zum Autor Ann Patchett is the author of eight novels, The Patron Saint of Liars, Taft, The Magician's Assistant, Bel Canto, Run, State of Wonder, Commonwealth and The Dutch House. She was the editor of Best American Short Stories, 2006, and has written three books of nonfiction, Truth & Beauty, What now? and, most recently, This is the Story of a Happy Marriage. She has won numerous prizes, including the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Women's Prize for Fiction, and her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. She was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine. Patchett is the co-owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee, where she lives with her husband, Karl VanDevender, and their dog, Sparky. Klappentext The poignant - and at times very funny - new novel from the author of 'The Magician's Assistant', shortlisted for the Orange Prize. Zusammenfassung 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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Ann Patchett is originally from Los Angeles and is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College. She is the author of eight novels, The Patron Saint of Liars, Taft, The Magician's Assistant, Bel Canto, Run, State of Wonder, Commonwealth and The Dutch House. She lives in Nashville.

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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.

Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honour of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxane Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerised the international guests with her singing.

It is a perfect evening - until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, a moment of great beauty, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different continents become compatriots, intimate friends, and lovers.

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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.