In a remarkable and illuminating tour de force, the novelist recently took a fresh look at her best-known book, going through it line by line and annotating it with handwritten notes in the margins – notes on things she both loved and hated. “It shows,” she says, “a lot about how to write a novel.”

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

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Ann Patchett: Bel Canto Revisited

FEB 25, 202542 MIN
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

Ann Patchett: Bel Canto Revisited

FEB 25, 202542 MIN

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In a remarkable and illuminating tour de force, the novelist recently took a fresh look at her best-known book, going through it line by line and annotating it with handwritten notes in the margins – notes on things she both loved and hated. “It shows,” she says, “a lot about how to write a novel.”