![]() When she’s writing, Patchett says, her characters come alive for her and she believes in them completely. On a boat tour, one of the fellow passengers, who turned out to be a naturalist, pulled a 15-foot anaconda into their skiff. ![]() Patchett also experienced some of the Amazon’s wildlife more closely than she would have preferred. But by the seventh or eighth day, she says, she would have sold her soul to get out because the leaves and jungle cover were making her claustrophobic. She did visit the Amazon, though, and said she thought it was the most beautiful and exciting place she had ever been for about three days. ![]() Patchett says that she’s perfectly happy imagining places that she may not necessarily have visited in person as settings for her novels. It’s a tragic comic adventure tale, replete with poison arrows, deadly snakes and rumors of cannibals. ![]() Ann Patchett’s latest novel takes readers deep into the heart of the Amazon. ![]()
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