{"product_id":"red-comet-a-new-york-times-top-10-book-of-2021","title":"Red Comet: A New York Times Top 10 Book of 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first biography of this great and tragic poet that takes advantage of a wealth of new material, this is an unusually balanced, comprehensive and definitive life of Sylvia Plath.'Surely the final, the definitive, biography of Sylvia Plath' Ali Smith*WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED PRIZE 2021**A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THEand DAILY TELEGRAPHand ANDand THE TIMES**FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE IN BIOGRAPHY 2021*Drawing on a wealth of new material, Heather Clark brings to life the great and tragic poet, Sylvia Plath. Refusing to read Plath's work as if her every act was a harbinger of her fate, Clark evokes a culture in transition in the mid-twentieth century as she thoroughly explores Sylvia's world. We see Plath's early relationships and determination not to become a conventional woman and wife; we witness her Cambridge years and thunderclap meeting with Ted Hughes; and, through clear-eyed portraits of the demonised players in the arena of her suicide, we gain a deeper understanding of her final days.Featuring illuminating readings of Plath's poems,and Red Cometand brings us closer than ever to the spirited woman and visionary artist who blazed a trail that still lights the way for women the world over.'A first-class biography . . . Each chapter reads with the ease of a novel . . . I couldn't put it down'and The Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heather Clark","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44215508533308,"sku":"9781529113143","price":2800.75,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9781529113143.jpg?v=1776757980","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/red-comet-a-new-york-times-top-10-book-of-2021","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}