Description
Pain, Parties, Work by Elizabeth Winder is a compelling look at a young Sylvia Plath and the life-changing month that would lay the groundwork for her seminal novel, The Bell Jar.
In May of 1953, a twenty-one-year-old Plath arrived in New York City, the guest editor of Mademoiselle's annual College Issue. She lived at the Barbizon Hotel, attended the ballet, went to a Yankee game, and danced at the West Side Tennis Club. She was supposed to be having the time of her life. But what would follow was, in Plath's words, twenty-six days of pain, parties, and work, that ultimately changed the course of her life.
Thoughtful and illuminating, featuring line drawings and black-and-white photographs, Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 offers well-researched insights as it introduces us to Sylvia Plath--before she became one of the greatest and most influential poets of the twentieth century.
Author: Elizabeth Winder
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 04/01/2014
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780062085559
ISBN10: 0062085557
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- History | Social History
- Biography & Autobiography | Women