by Sylvia Plath · ESPASA CALPE · tapa dura · ISBN 9788423991235
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The Bell Jar is the only novel written by the American poet Sylvia Plath. Originally published under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas, the novel is a semi-autobiographical work that narrates the protagonist's descent into mental illness, reflecting the author's own experiences with depression. A key work to understand mental health and the society of the time.
Sylvia Plath was an American poet and author. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for The Colossus and Other Poems (1960), Ariel (1965), and The Bell Jar (1963), a semi-autobiographical novel published one month before her suicide. The Collected Poems was published in 1981, which included previously unpublished works. For this collection Plath was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1982, making her the fourth person to receive this honor posthumously.
