The Bell Jar (the Illustrated Edition)

By (author) Plath, Sylvia; Illustrated by Rebaï, Beya
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I felt very still and empty, the way the eye of a tornado must feel, moving dully along in the middle of the surrounding hullabaloo.

Sylvia Plath''s groundbreaking semi-autobiographical novel offers an intimate, honest and often wrenching glimpse into mental illness.

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I felt very still and empty, the way the eye of a tornado must feel, moving dully along in the middle of the surrounding hullabaloo.

Sylvia Plath''s groundbreaking semi-autobiographical novel offers an intimate, honest and often wrenching glimpse into mental illness. The Bell Jar broke the boundaries between fiction and reality and helped cement Sylvia Plath''s place as an enduring feminist icon. Celebrated for its darkly humorous, razor sharp portrait of 1950s society, it continues to resonate with readers today as testament to the universal human struggle to claim one''s rightful place in the world.

A special illustrated edition - the second book in our collection of illustrated Faber classics.

Biographical note:

Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and studied at Smith College. In 1955 she went to Cambridge University on a Fulbright scholarship, where she met and later married Ted Hughes. She published one collection of poems in her lifetime, The Colossus (1960), and a novel, The Bell Jar (1963); Ariel was published posthumously in 1965. Her Collected Poems, which contains her poetry written from 1956 until her death, was published in 1981 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

Beya Rebaï is based in Paris where she was born in 1995. Beya is a prolific artist, always with a sketchbook and wax pastels in hand. She draws on real life, her imagination and memories to create illustrations that tell a story. Her clients include Nike, Paris Airport, The Guardian and The New York Times.

Promotional headline:
One of our hand-picked classics that no home should be without, now with Beya Rebaï''s beautifully atmospheric artwork.
Review quote: previous edition:
A true thing of beauty... Plath''s only novel deserves a place in any classic book lover''s home and this edition, featuring atmospheric artwork by Beya Rebaï, is one that should be treasured.