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Zusatztext “As clear and readable as it is witty and disturbing.” Informationen zum Autor Sylvia Plath was born in 1932 in Massachusetts. Her books include the poetry collections The Colossus ! Crossing the Water ! Winter Trees ! Ariel ! and Collected Poems ! which won the Pulitzer Prize. A complete and uncut facsimile edition of Ariel was published in 2004 with her original selection and arrangement of poems. She was married to the poet Ted Hughes! with whom she had a daughter! Frieda! and a son! Nicholas. She died in London in 1963. Klappentext The Bell Jar chronicles the breakdown of the brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful Esther Greenwood, a woman slowly going under -- maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's demise with such intensity that the character's insanity becomes completely real, even rational -- as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic. Zusammenfassung One of The Atlantic ’s Great American Novels “A coming-of-age masterpiece. . . . Sylvia Plath has become one of the influential writers of her time.” — Boston Globe Sylvia Plath’s masterwork—an acclaimed and enduring novel about a young woman falling into the grip of mental illness and societal pressures Esther Greenwood is a bright, beautiful, enormously talented young woman, but she's slowly going under—maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath brilliantly draws the reader into Esther’s breakdown with such intensity that her neurosis becomes palpably real, even rational—as accessible an experience as going to the movies. A deep penetration into the darkest and most harrowing corners of the human psyche, The Bell Jar is an extraordinary accomplishment and a haunting American classic. This edition features extra insights into the book and author. ...
