I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It's a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as a shape for a novel: put a bunch of people in a beautiful place, give them all tuberculosis, make them all stay in a fur sleeping bag for several years and see what happens.
-- Ann Patchett
   
Ann Patchett   Name:
Ann Patchett
Type:
Author
Nationality:
American
Birth:
December 2, 1963
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