Typed letter signed : Rio de Janeiro, to Bill [William Cole], 1956 Dec. 3.

Record ID: 
87907
Accession number: 
MA 8563.3
Author: 
Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979.
Credit: 
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description: 
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.9 cm
Notes: 

Typed on stationery giving a Rio de Janeiro address.
Part of a collection of letters of Elizabeth Bishop to William Cole; see collection-level record for more information.

Summary: 

Thanking him for sending her a copy of The Lost steps [by Alejo Carpentier], saying that although the subject matter is fascinating she does not think it is a good book; discussing an English translation of a Brazilian girl's diary that she has just completed and asking if Knopf might be interested in publishing it.

Provenance: 
Carter Burden.