![]() ![]() And something about this silence haunted me for years-and when I had the idea of retelling it as a psychological detective story, The Silent Patient was born. The Silent Patient had two major inspirations-the collision in my mind between Agatha Christie and Euripides. I grew up in Cyprus and I discovered Agatha Christie when I was about thirteen and devoured her books one summer on the beach. It was an experience that made me into a reader-and a writer. I always knew I wanted to write a book one day, and, when I did, it would be that kind of book-a detective story, for me to read on the beach. At about the same age, I was taught Euripides in school, and came across the tragedy of Alcestis. Alcestis dies to save her husband and then is brought back to life at the end of the play-but when reunited with her husband, she refuses to speak. No one knows what to make of this refusal, and it’s a problematic play, for this reason, and rarely performed. ![]() What inspired The Silent Patient and what were your main literary influences? Ahead of the paperback publication of The Silent Patient, its author Alex Michaelides talks to us about the inspirations behind his bestselling debut novel. ![]()
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