The Oscar-winning actress stars alongside Ken Watanabe in Paul Weitz's film version of the bestselling novel. In an undisclosed country, a party unfolds. It’s a big, splashy affair, thrown at the home ...

There are numerous ways to get a book to screen: by gut instinct, by pre-emptive calculation, by sheer luck. But the best ones may be those done the right way for the right reason, out of pure passion ...

Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS will present “Bel Canto,” based on one of Ann Patchett’s most famous books, this Friday. The story, published four months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, ...

Every week, a famous guest draws a card from our Wild Card deck and answers a big question about their life. Ann Patchett's 2001 novel "Bel Canto" was a huge hit. She's now returned to that work with ...

It’s hard to believe it took 17 years for a filmmaker to finally adapt Ann Patchett’s Bel Canto for the big screen. The novel , which is very loosely based on the 1996 hostage crisis at the Japanese ...

If you resolved to quit watching Jersey Shore in the New Year and pick up a book instead—hey, it's your year—there's no better place to stock your reading list than the Onion AV Club's roundup of the ...

“I frantically called my publisher and said, ‘Can you pull this?’” the author said on NPR’s 'Wild Card with Rachel Martin' podcast on Nov. 7 Jesse Dittmar for The Washington Post via Getty; Amazon Ann ...

ANN PATCHETT: You know, there's so many things you want to be wrong about. I want to be wrong about climate change. I want to be wrong about the state of our nation. I hope to be wrong. So yeah, I ...

Swelling with humanity and romance like the crescendo of an aria, “Bel Canto” is a moving meditation on the power of love, music and proximity. Based on Ann Patchett’s bestselling novel, the Paul ...