Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark

Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath

Heather Clark

1152 pages first pub 2020 (view editions)

nonfiction biography emotional informative reflective slow-paced
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Red Comet is ideal for readers drawn to profound, meticulously researched explorations of complex artists and the cultural forces shaping their legacies.

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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.Determined not to read Plath’s work as if her every act, from chil...

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informative: 89%

emotional: 68%

reflective: 60%

sad: 56%

dark: 54%

challenging: 45%

inspiring: 24%

tense: 11%

adventurous: 3%

hopeful: 3%

mysterious: 2%


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