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Ladataan... Lasikellon alla (1963)Tekijä: Sylvia Plath
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FWA gues editor recommendation Un libro che non mi ha detto nulla purtroppo. The author has a casual and easy reading style hence the book flows seamlessly from start to finish. It is a quick and effortless read. The book is loosely autobiographical and paints an apparently accurate picture of a young woman going through significant depression. However, the reality is that the sensitivities of this book will appeal far more to a female audience. As a baby boomer male, I had difficulty identifying with the protagonist's views and experiences, and frankly found her to be quite unlikeable. The Bell Jar tells the first person story of Esther, a very talented young college student who should be on the top of the world with a cool internship in NY. Unfortunately, she is grappling with depression which initially is just hinted at, but as the book progresses becomes more and more apparent. Plath's writing is so simple and yet so vivid that you cannot help but have tremendous empathy for Esther even though her behavior is not always the best. The book also explores interesting themes of sexuality and feminism and clearly evokes the time period (fifties) although the writing itself feels contemporary. I hope to read an biography about Plath if I can find one; I think it would make very compelling reading after finishing this novel which certainly stemmed from Plath's own experience.
Esther Greenwood's account of her year in the bell jar is as clear and readable as it is witty and disturbing. It makes for a novel such as Dorothy Parker might have written if she had not belonged to a generation infected with the relentless frivolity of the college- humor magazine. The brittle humor of that early generation is reincarnated in "The Bell Jar," but raised to a more serious level because it is recognized as a resource of hysteria. Kuuluu näihin kustantajien sarjoihin
"Esther Greenwood on lahjakas opiskelija, joka voittaa kuukauden stipendin New Yorkiin. Kaikki on hänelle siellä ilmaista: tarjolla ovat suurkaupungin ilot, mielenkiintoiset ihmiset, lounaat hienoissa ravintoloissa. Estherin pitäisi olla ikionnellinen; ja niin hän alussa onkin. Mutta sitten Esther alkaa tuntea yhä syvenevää vierautta. Kotiin paluun jälkeen hänen otteensa kirpoaa lopullisesti. Alkaa sairaalakierre eikä paranemisesta näy aikoihin merkkiäkään. Lasikellon alla pohjaa legendaarisen amerikkalaisen runoilija Sylvia Plathin (1932-1963) omiin kokemuksiin. Lasikellon alla on hänen ainoa romaaninsa, vaikuttava kuvaus herkän ja kunnianhimoisen nuoren ihmisen suhtautumisesta elämään, ihmisiin ja omaan itseensä." -- (takakansi) Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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The second half, is where it began to lose me. I do enjoy eclectic people and books; however, this was all over the place. I feel that if I would have read this when the book was originally published it would have been a five star read for me. (