Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (1 Aug 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060837020
ISBN-13: 978-0060837020
Product Dimensions: 13.5 x 1.7 x 20.3 cm
Product Description
Amazon Review
Plath was an excellent poet but is known to many for this largely autobiographical novel. The Bell Jar tells the story of a gifted young woman's mental breakdown beginning during a summer internship as a junior editor at a magazine in New York City in the early 1950s. The real Plath committed suicide in 1963 and left behind this scathingly sad, honest and perfectly- written book, which remains one of the best-told tales of a woman's descent into insanity. --This text refers to an alternate edition.
Review
"'In looking at the madness of the world and the world of madness [this book] forces us to consider the great question posed by all truly realistic fiction: what is reality and how can it be confronted?' New York Times Book Review" --This text refers to an alternate edition.