{"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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Surely the final, the definitive, biography of Sylvia Plath' Ali Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED PRIZE 2021*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE DAILY TELEGRAPH AND THE TIMES *\u003cbr\u003e*FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE IN BIOGRAPHY 2021*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing illuminating readings of Plath's poems, Red Comet 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A first-class biography . . . Each chapter reads with the ease of a novel . . . I couldn't put it down' The Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paperwing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58356090470731,"sku":"9781529113143","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/0643\/5403\/files\/9781529113143.jpg?v=1788514933","url":"https:\/\/paperwing.co.uk\/products\/red-comet-a-new-york-times-top-10-book-of-2021","provider":"Paperwing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}