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Red Comet THE SHORT LIFE AND BLAZING ART OF SYLVIA PLATH by Heather Clark

"Page-turning, meticulously researched...Clark’s in-depth scholarship and fine writing result in a superb work that will deliver fresh revelations to Plath’s many devoted fans."

Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

Heather Clark
2020-08-18T17:07:38+00:00

Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

"Page-turning, meticulously researched...Clark’s in-depth scholarship and fine writing result in a superb work that will deliver fresh revelations to Plath’s many devoted fans."
“A major biography that redeems Plath from the condescension of easy interpretation.”

—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Heather Clark
2020-08-12T22:36:02+00:00

—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“A major biography that redeems Plath from the condescension of easy interpretation.”
“Red Comet presents Sylvia Plath as she ought to be: as an innovative, ambitious, driven artist, at a time when women weren’t supposed to be any of these things.”

–Maggie Doherty, author of The Equivalents: A Story of Art, Female Friendship, and Liberation in the 1960s

Heather Clark
2020-08-12T22:33:08+00:00

–Maggie Doherty, author of The Equivalents: A Story of Art, Female Friendship, and Liberation in the 1960s

“Red Comet presents Sylvia Plath as she ought to be: as an innovative, ambitious, driven artist, at a time when women weren’t supposed to be any of these things.”
Red Comet is an extraordinary book. This is the major biography of this major poet that we have long awaited.”

–Mary V. Dearborn, author of Ernest Hemingway: A Biography

Heather Clark
2020-08-12T22:31:51+00:00

–Mary V. Dearborn, author of Ernest Hemingway: A Biography

“Red Comet is an extraordinary book. This is the major biography of this major poet that we have long awaited.”
“Finally, the biography that Sylvia Plath deserves. A spectacular achievement.”

–Ruth Franklin, author of Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life

Heather Clark
2020-08-12T22:30:34+00:00

–Ruth Franklin, author of Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life

“Finally, the biography that Sylvia Plath deserves. A spectacular achievement.”
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