{"product_id":"red-comet","title":"Red Comet","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Surely the final, the definitive, biography of Sylvia Plath'' Ali Smith\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e *WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED PRIZE 2021*\u003cbr\u003e *A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AND THE TIMES*\u003cbr\u003e *FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE IN BIOGRAPHY 2021*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a wealth of new material, Heather Clark brings to life the great and tragic poet, Sylvia Plath. Refusing to read Plath''s work as if her every act was a harbinger of her fate, Clark evokes a culture in transition in the mid-twentieth century as she thoroughly explores Sylvia''s world. We see Plath''s 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 clear-eyed portraits of the demonised players in the arena of her suicide, we gain a deeper understanding of her final days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing illuminating readings of Plath''s 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A first-class biography . . . Each chapter reads with the ease of a novel . . . I couldn''t put it down'' The Times","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57068303614287,"sku":"9781529113143","price":31.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9781529113143_1-red-comet.jpg?v=1771476520","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/red-comet","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}