The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath This extraordinary work—echoing Plaths own experiences as a rising writer/editor in the early 1950s—chronicles the nervous breakdown of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, successful, but slowly going under, and maybe for the last time. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "The Bell Jar" chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under — maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esthers breakdown with such intensity that Esthers insanity becomes completely real and 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.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more. Back Cover The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under -- maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esthers breakdown with such intensity that Esthers insanity becomes completely real and 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. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more. Author Biography Sylvia Plath was born in 1932 in Massachusetts. Her booksSylvia Plath was born in 1932 in Massachusetts. Her booksSylvia Plath was born in 1932 in Massachusetts. Her books include the poetry collections "The Colossus, Crossing the include the poetry collections "The Colossus, Crossing the include the poetry collections "The Colossus, Crossing the Water, Winter Trees, Ariel, " and "The Collected Poems", whiWater, Winter Trees, Ariel, " and "The Collected Poems", whiWater, Winter Trees, Ariel, " and "The Collected Poems", which won the Pulitzer Prize. A complete and uncut facsimile edch Review "Theres the depression of popular conception--the listless sadness of a character in a pharmaceutical advertisement--and then theres the biting, brisk, darkly comic version that Plath brings to life in The Bell Jar. It is a curiously unyielding read: Though the book is semi-autobiographical, Plaths lucid prose belies the mystery she was and remains. . . . The Bell Jar is as frustrating and brilliant as its author." -- Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic"It is this perfectly wrought prose and the freshness of Plaths voice in The Bell Jar that make this book enduring in its appeal." -- USA Today"Esther Greenwoods account of her years in the bell jar is as clear and readable as it is witty and disturbing. . . . [This] is not a potboiler, nor a series of ungrateful caricatures: it is literature." -- New York Times"The first-person narrative fixes us there, in the doctors office, in the asylum, in the madness, with no reassuring vacations when we can keep company with the sane and listen to their lectures." -- Washington Post"The narrator simply describes herself as feeling very still and very empty, the way the eye of a tornado must feel. The in-between moment is just what Miss Plaths poetry does catch brilliantly--the moment poised on the edge of chaos." -- Christian Science Monitor"Sylvia Plath was a luminous talent. . . one of the most interesting poets in American literature." -- New York Review of Books"Movingly chronicled. . . . Its funny, intense, enormously human." -- Cosmopolitan"The Bell Jar is regarded as a coming-of-age masterpiece . . . . Sylvia Plath has become of the influential writers of her time." -- Boston Globe Review Quote "The narrator simply describes herself as feeling very still and very empty, the way the eye of a tornado must feel. The in-between moment is just what Miss Plaths poetry does catch brilliantly--the moment poised on the edge of chaos." Description for Teachers/Educators A new edition of the classic novel, featuring a foreword by the original Harper & Row editor who reveals the untold story of the books first publication. Originally published under a pseudonym in England in 1963, shortly after Plath committed suicide, the book was published for the first time under Plaths real name by Harper & Row in 1971, despite the protests of the Plath family. This extraordinary work chronicles the crackup of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, successful-and slowly going under. Largely autobiographical, the novel reveals much about the sources of Plaths own tragedy. Details ISBN0060837020 Author Sylvia Plath Short Title BELL JAR Pages 244 Publisher Harper Perennial Series Modern Classics Language English Illustrator Sylvia Plath ISBN-10 0060837020 ISBN-13 9780060837020 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Illustrations Yes Year 2005 Publication Date 2005-08-31 Audience Age 14-18 Residence US Birth 1932 Death 1963 DOI 10.1604/9780060837020 UK Release Date 2005-08-02 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2005-08-02 NZ Release Date 2005-08-02 US Release Date 2005-08-02 Imprint HarperCollins Publishers Audience General Imprint US Harper Perennial Modern Classics Publisher US HarperCollins We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:2626502;

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