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'The Correspondent' is an epistolary novel, but can letters tell the whole story?
Listen to the episode'The Correspondent' is an epistolary novel, but can letters tell the whole story?
Listen to the episodeAn epistolary novel following Sybil Van Antwerp in her 70s as she takes readers through her various correspondences — including with luminaries such as Joan Didion and Ann Patchett — revealing a life told through letters, where her clever prose may hide as much as it reveals.
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