The Bell Jar

Resumen del libro

I was supposed to be having the time of my life. When Esther Greenwood wins an internship on a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise 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 spiralling into depression and eventually a suicide attempt, 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 descent into mental illness, 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.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Sylvia Plathx{0026}lt;/B (1932-1963) es una de las escritoras más admiradas del siglo XX. Poeta, novelista y autora de relatos, su obra se ha convertido en un clásico contemporáneo. Sus escritos, incluido su primer poemario, x{0026}lt;I El colosox{0026}lt;/I (1960), tuvieron una gran acogida, pero su máximo reconocimiento fue fruto de la publicación póstuma de su colección x{0026}lt;I Ariel x{0026}lt;/I (1962). Póstumamente obtuvo también el premio Pulitzer por su poesía. Sylvia Plath se suicidó a los treinta años, tras una larga depresión. Un mes antes de su muerte salió a la luz la que sería su única novela y su obra más icónica, x{0026}lt;I La campana de cristalx{0026}lt;/I .x{0026}lt;/P