Red Comet av Heather Clark

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<p><b>The first biography of this great and tragic poet that takes advantage of a wealth of new material, this is an unusually balanced, comprehensive and definitive life of Sylvia Plath.</b><br><br><b>''Surely the final, the definitive, biography of Sylvia Plath'' Ali Smith<br></b><br><b>*WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED PRIZE 2021*</b><br><b>*A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE <i>DAILY TELEGRAPH</i> AND <i>THE TIMES</i>*<br> *FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE IN BIOGRAPHY 2021*</b><br><br>Drawing on a wealth of new material, Heather Clark brings to life the great and tragic poet, Sylvia Plath. Refusing to read Plath''s work as if her every act was a harbinger of her fate, Clark evokes a culture in transition in the mid-twentieth century as she thoroughly explores Sylvia''s world. We see Plath''s early relationships and determination not to become a conventional woman and wife; we witness her Cambridge years and thunderclap meeting with Ted Hughes; and, through clear-eyed portraits of the demonised