There have been many books on Plath, but this is in fact the first full biography. Sensitive and perceptive, it navigates both the controversies and poetry with skill.
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
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Edition:Hardback978178733253915/10/2020From a Bookshelf nearby
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An ingenious novelistic biography by a sharp young author that uses excerpts from the novels to shed light on the writer's life.
Dostoevsky in Love: An Intimate Life
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A skilful, moving ‘jeu d’esprit‘ turns about the life of the poet, the nature of his work, and the author’s preoccupation with him over several decades. It contains as much fiction a... read more
Being Betjeman(n)
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A compelling portrait of the writer and her engagement with her own world. Constructed as a series of essays on art, memory, painting, rank, property, appearance, etc., this is immensely rea... read more