The first biography of this great and tragic poet that takes advantage of a wealth of new material, this is an unusually balanced, comprehensive and definitive life of Sylvia Plath.Surely the final, the definitive, biography of Sylvia Plath Ali Smith WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED PRIZE 2021 A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AND THE TIMES FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE IN BIOGRAPHY 2021Drawing on a wealth of new material, Heather Clark brings to life the great and tragic poet, Sylvia Plath. Refusing to read Plaths work as if her every act was a harbinger of her fate, Clark evokes a culture in transition in the midtwentieth century as she thoroughly explores Sylvias world. We see Plaths early relationships and determination not to become a conventional woman and wife we witness her Cambridge years and thunderclap meeting with Ted Hughes and, through cleareyed portraits of the demonised players in the arena of her suicide, we gain a deeper understanding of her final days.Featuring illuminating readings of Plaths poems, Red Comet brings us closer than ever to the spirited woman and visionary artist who blazed a trail that still lights the way for women the world over.A firstclass biography . . . Each chapter reads with the ease of a novel . . . I couldnt put it down The Times

Binding: Paperback;1152 pages; Publisher: Vintage Publishing; Classification: BGH; Weight: 1290 g; Dimensions: 155 x 235 x 53

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