Ann Patchett and the Amazon

Posted on 23 June 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Another author with a Nashville connection made news today: Ann Patchett has completed and sold a new novel to Harper for publication in 2011.

The new book is described as “Conradian” and is set in the Amazon jungle, where two female physicians make “hitherto unimaginable discoveries on both a personal and global scale.”

South America was also the setting of Patchett’s biggest hit (and one of my favorite novels ever), Bel Canto. [Read Patchett's behind-the-book story on that novel here.] Will the new novel and its similar blend of the personal and the global strike the same chord with readers? As Patchett fans, we can’t wait to find out.

Also in BookPage: an interview with Patchett about Run.

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Trisha likes European vacations and novels by and biographies of smart women. She often starts home improvement projects at inopportune times.
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One Response to Ann Patchett and the Amazon

  1. Amanda O'brien says:
    23 June 2010 at 2:34 pm

    I love Ann Patchett. I will read anything she writes. So looking forward to this!