One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels
A beautifully designed Harper Perennial Deluxe Edition of this haunting American classic: a realistic and emotional novel about a woman battling mental illness and societal pressures written by the iconic American writer Sylvia Plath.
"It is this perfectly wrought prose and the freshness of Plath's voice in The Bell Jar that make this book enduring in its appeal." -- USA Today
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 Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's neurosis 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 an enduring classic.
| ISBN: | 9780061148514 |
| Publication date: | 11th June 2013 |
| Author: | Richard Wright |
| Publisher: | Harper Perennial an imprint of HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | Harper Perennial Deluxe Editions |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Classic fiction: general and literary Action Adventure Sagas Narrative theme: Coming of age Narrative theme: Interior life Narrative theme: Sense of place |