3. Dear Clarice Lispector...
From the puffed up and overpraised, to those he thinks may have been unfairly discounted, Ian Sansom imagines he's writing to some key figures from modern literary history.
'Dear Clarice Lispector,
You can’t judge a book by its cover. Except that we do judge a book by its cover, of course, and looks do matter – and you looked absolutely extraordinary...'
From the puffed up and overpraised, to those he thinks may have been unfairly discounted, Ian Sansom is writing imaginary correspondences to some key figures from modern literary history.
Now Ian supposes the late Brazilian novelist Clarice Lispector is receiving his dispatches.
Producer: Conor Garrett
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