{"product_id":"the-bell-jar-sylvia-plath","title":"The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A modern classic.' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A near-perfect work of art.' Joyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI was supposed to be having the time of my life . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorking as an intern for a New York fashion magazine in the summer of 1953, Esther Greenwood is on the brink of her future. Yet she is also on the edge of a darkness that makes her world increasingly unreal. Esther's vision of the world shimmers and shifts: day-to-day living in the sultry city, her crazed men-friends, the hot dinner dances . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Bell Jar\u003c\/i\u003e, Sylvia Plath's only novel, is partially based on Plath's own life. It has been celebrated for its darkly funny and razor sharp portrait of 1950s society, and has sold millions of copies worldwide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As clear and readable as it is witty and disturbing.' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReader responses:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Plath's masterpiece . . . It's amazing how relevant this book still is.'\u003cbr\u003e'I just couldn't put it down.'\u003cbr\u003e'Ever better than I expected\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSylvia Plath (1932\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e63) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and studied at Smith College.  In 1955 she went to Cambridge University on a Fulbright scholarship, where she met and later married Ted Hughes. She published one collection of poems in her lifetime, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eColossus\u003c\/i\u003e (1960), and a novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Bell Jar\u003c\/i\u003e (1963). Her \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, which contains her poetry written from 1956 until her death, was published in 1981 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 240 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63409991057757,"sku":"K030793770","price":10.5,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/221254-3079377000001A.jpg?v=1770955134","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-bell-jar-sylvia-plath","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}