![]() ![]() Bel Canto is set in a vice president’s mansion. Many novels are set in a confined space-a deserted island, an isolated retreat.What are some of the realistic elements in Bel Canto? What are some fantastical elements in the novel? What effect does Patchett achieve by combining realistic and fantastical elements? ![]() Ann Patchett has said that she was inspired to write Bel Canto after reading about a real four-month hostage siege that took place in Peru in 1996.How does language inhibit and ultimately help them? Describe Watanabe and Carmen’s relationship with language.How does this revelation change the way we read the novel? At the beginning of Bel Canto, the narrator tells us that the hostages will live and the terrorists will die.Why did Patchett title her novel Bel Canto? What is the significance of opera in the novel?.Some questions to spark our discussion (courtesy of Spark Notes- link above): Reading Group Guide and Discussion Questions Lit Lover’s Guide and Discussion Questions ![]() Feel free to start the conversation whenever you have finished the book! It’s that time! It is one week prior to our in person discussion, so it’s time to open it up to general discussion online. ![]()
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