PAIN PARTIES WORK (P.S.)

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: Perennial

Publication Date: Aug 11, 2023

Number of Pages: 288 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 0062085557

ISBN-13: 9780062085559