I had more confidence in a larger structure once I could use real people-not as characters but as chessmen. Operating off the timeline of my experience and family made that much easier. These books were getting claustrophobic, and so I was very interested in writing a book that covered more time. Bel Canto is about suspension of time and takes place over four months Run takes place in 24 hours State of Wonder takes place over three months. One of the things I’m obsessed with in all my books is time, and I felt that time in my work was contracting. Was it freeing to write so close to home?Ībsolutely. Or, as my mother would say, “None of it happened, and all of it is true.” The vast majority of the emotions the characters feel in Commonwealth did happen to me. Lily Meyer: How much did you borrow from your own family to write Commonwealth?Īnn Patchett: The vast majority of the things that happened in Commonwealth did not happen to me.
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