Pain, parties, work
Subtitle: Sylvia Plath in New York, summer 1953
By: Elizabeth Winder
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780062085498
Subjects: American Women poets; Biography
Description: In May of 1953, a twenty-one-year-old Plath arrived in New York City, the guest editor of Mademoiselle's annual College Issue. She lived at the Barbizon Hotel, attended the ballet, went to a Yankees game, and danced at the West Side Tennis Club. She was supposed to be having the time of her life. But what would follow was, in Plath's words, twenty-six days of pain, parties, and work which, ultimately, changed the course of her life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-261).
Table of contents: title: The first week: euphoria; title: Sylvia, before; title: The second week: lost illusions; title: The third week: alienation; title: The fourth week: La Femme; title: The issue; title: The aftermath; title: Epilogue.