An edition of The Bell Jar (1963)

La campana di vetro

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An edition of The Bell Jar (1963)

La campana di vetro

  • 4.21 ·
  • 29 Ratings
  • 1165 Want to read
  • 20 Currently reading
  • 58 Have read

In un albergo di New York per sole donne, Esther, diciannovenne di provincia, studentessa brillante, vincitrice di un soggiorno offerto da una rivista di moda, incomincia a sentirsi "come un cavallo da corsa in un mondo senza piste". Intorno a lei, sopra di lei, l'America spietata, borghese e maccartista degli anni Cinquanta. Un mondo alienato, una vera e propria campana di vetro che schiaccia la protagonista sotto il peso della sua protezione, togliendole a poco a poco l'aria. L'alternativa sarà abbandonarsi al fascino soave della morte o lasciarsi invadere la mente dalle onde azzurre dell'elettroshock. Pubblicato nel 1963, un mese prima del suicidio dell'autrice, La campana di vetro è l'unico romanzo di Sylvia Plath. Fortemente autobiografico, narra con stile limpido e teso e con una semplicità agghiacciante le insipienze, le crudeltà incoscienti, i tabù assurdi capaci di spezzare qualunque adolescenza presa nell'ingranaggio stritolante di una normalità che ignora la poesia.
--back cover

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Oscar Mondadori
Language
Italian

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Cover of: The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
2006, Harper Perennial
Trade Paperback in English - P.S. Edition; 1st Harper Perennial Modern Classics Edition (7)
Cover of: La campana di vetro
La campana di vetro
2006, Oscar Mondadori
Paperback in Italian
Cover of: The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
2003, Perennial Classics
Paperback in English - 25th Anniversary Edition, 1st Perennial Classics ed. (25)
Cover of: The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
2003, HarperLargePrint
Paperback in English - 1st Harper large print ed. (1)
Cover of: The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
1996, HarperCollins Publishers, Harper
Hardcover in English - 25th anniversary ed.
Cover of: The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
1981 08, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Bantam Windstone edition 23960-0 (29)
Cover of: The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
1981 08, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Bantam Windstone edition (47)
Cover of: The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
1976-09, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in Spanish - Bantam Edition, 22nd printing
Cover of: The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
1972 November, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - 13th printing
Cover of: The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
1972 November, Bantam
Mass Market Paperback in English - Bantam edition, 13th printing
Cover of: The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
1970?, Faber & Faber
Paperback in English - 1st Faber paperbacks edition (16)

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Copyright Date
2006 (from back cover)
Translation Of
The Bell Jar
Translated From
English

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Paperback

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Open Library
OL26454306M
ISBN 10
8804545046
ISBN 13
9788804545040
amazon.co.uk_asin
8804545046
Amazon ID (ASIN)
8804545046
Goodreads
12375873

Work Description

The Bell Jar is the only novel written by American poet Sylvia Plath. It is an intensely realistic and emotional record of a successful and talented young woman's descent into madness.

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IT WAS A QUEER, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.
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February 12, 2020 Edited by lisaBot moving edition(s) to primary work
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