Between 4−5 stars rating, 16 July 2022the bell jar
By: Khansa Zahra
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ISBN-13
9780060837020
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Publication Date
02 August 2005
Age Range
NA - NA years
Dimensions
20.37 x 13.46 x 1.78 CM
Shipping Weight
0.22 Kg
Pages
288
Language
English
Grade Level
NA - NA
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: young, brilliant, beautiful, and enormously talented, 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 understandable and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such thorough exploration of the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche - and the profound collective loneliness that modern society has yet to find a solution for - is an extraordinary accomplishment, and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic.
This P.S. edition features extra insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
Between 4−5 stars rating, 16 July 2022interesting!
Between 3−4 stars rating, 17 January 2018Years of wanting to read it- finally got off my butt and bought it and loved it. As a book with so much praise or attention, it's hard not to have preconceived ideas of how a novel will feel. And personally, I like to go into a book knowing nothing. So despite all the "you should read it"s, I really didn't know what i was getting into, just that plait's fairly miserable. And so the story really is fairly miserable, but the writing is beautiful and haunting and personable. It's easy to get into. And the sadness is something that sets in slowly, catches you by surprise. I really enjoyed the nonchalance and confusion present in the minor characters. Really wish I would have just been assigned this in school. Why did it take so long to be exposed?