The Bell Jar
Registered by book_drunkard of Osgood, Indiana USA on 1/29/2015
This book is in a Controlled Release!
This book is in a Controlled Release!
2 journalers for this copy...
When Esther Greenwood wins an internship on a New York fashion magazine in 1953,
she is elated, believing she will finally realize her dream to become a writer.
But in between the cocktail parties and piles of manuscripts,
Esther's life begins to slide out of control.
She finds herself spiraling into suicidal depression as she grapples with difficult relationships and a society which refuses to take women's aspirations seriously.
The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath's only novel,
was originally published in 1963 under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas.
The novel is partially based on Plath's own life and has become a modern classic.
The Bell Jar has been celebrated for its darkly funny and razor-sharp portrait
of 1950s society and has sold millions of copies worldwide.
she is elated, believing she will finally realize her dream to become a writer.
But in between the cocktail parties and piles of manuscripts,
Esther's life begins to slide out of control.
She finds herself spiraling into suicidal depression as she grapples with difficult relationships and a society which refuses to take women's aspirations seriously.
The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath's only novel,
was originally published in 1963 under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas.
The novel is partially based on Plath's own life and has become a modern classic.
The Bell Jar has been celebrated for its darkly funny and razor-sharp portrait
of 1950s society and has sold millions of copies worldwide.
I bought this book a few years ago at the Friends of the Library sale, based solely on the title - I saw the title and thought somebody found an old apothecary jar with something strange in it and it was going to get creepy/scary at some point.
But, it is a book based on the real-life struggle of the author dealing with mental illness.
A very, very sad book, indeed.
But, it is a book based on the real-life struggle of the author dealing with mental illness.
A very, very sad book, indeed.
Journal Entry 3 by book_drunkard at Bookbox of Intentional Variety, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Released 2 yrs ago (9/28/2021 UTC) at Bookbox of Intentional Variety, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Sending off in a bookbox.
I read this decades ago, in the’70s. I know it’s a sad story, of Plath’s own life, but I remember it as being an excellent book. So I’m going to try it again.
Sylvia Plath was a poet, first and foremost, and that is evident in the ofttimes brilliant writing of this dark and disturbing autobiographical novel.
In the poem ‘Lady Lazarus,’ Plath wrote :
“Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well.I do it so it feels like hell,I do it so it feels real.I guess you could say I’ve a call”
In this novel, she proceeds to show us just how well she does it and how real it feels.
I am adding this to the invitational bookbox.
In the poem ‘Lady Lazarus,’ Plath wrote :
“Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well.I do it so it feels like hell,I do it so it feels real.I guess you could say I’ve a call”
In this novel, she proceeds to show us just how well she does it and how real it feels.
I am adding this to the invitational bookbox.
