The Bell Jar - Paperback

Sylvia Plath - paperback

A realistic and emotional look at a woman who falls into the grips of insanity written by the iconic American writer Sylvia Plath

“As clear and readable as it is witty and disturbing.”

—New York Times

The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther’s breakdown with such intensity that Esther’s insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic.

Una mirada realista y emotiva a una mujer que cae en las garras de la locura escrita por la icónica escritora estadounidense Sylvia Plath.

"Tan claro y legible como ingenioso e inquietante".

—New York Times

The Bell Jar narra la crisis de Esther Greenwood: brillante, hermosa, enormemente talentosa y exitosa, pero poco a poco se hunde, tal vez por última vez. Sylvia Plath atrae magistralmente al lector hacia el colapso de Esther con tal intensidad que la locura de Esther se vuelve completamente real e incluso racional, una experiencia tan probable y accesible como ir al cine. Una penetración tan profunda en los rincones oscuros y desgarradores de la psique es un logro extraordinario y ha convertido a La campana de cristal en un inquietante clásico estadounidense.