The Journals of Sylvia Plath
by Ted Hughes
Taste attributes: biographydocumentaryslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearenclosedemotive & stirringself destruction/implosiontroubled leadsempowerment/personal growth
Boxlist takeA grounded biography that is stirring, weighty and unhurried. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
About This Book
Self-Portrait of the Artist as a Woman No other major contemporary American writer has inspired such intense curiosity about her life as Sylvia Plath. Now, the intimate and eloquent personal diaries of the twentieth century's most important female poet reveal for the first time the true story behind The Bell Jar and her tragic suicide at thirty.
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- Author
- Ted Hughes
- Published
- 1982
- Pages
- 370
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- Open Library
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