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The Bell Jar

Von: Sylvia Plath
Gesprochen von: Maggie Gyllenhaal
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'A literary rite of passage.' The Times
'Plath changed our world.' Guardian

Esther is supposed to be having the time of her life. Her internship at a fashion magazine is a whirl of cocktail parties and dinner dates in the shimmering city. But why doesn't she feel anything? Back home in the suburbs, she is trapped inside a suffocating bell jar . She can't write her novel; her boyfriend is a hypocrite; there seems no point in getting out of bed. As she spirals into darkness, her world becomes increasingly unreal ...

An unflinchingly honest portrait of a young woman's breakdown, Sylvia Plath's iconic The Bell Jar has transformed the lives of millions of readers since it was first published in 1963. Its witty, acidic, razor-sharp voice will stay with you forever.

ONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD'

Reader responses:
'Plath's masterpiece . . . It's amazing how relevant this book still is.'
'I just couldn't put it down.'
'Ever better than I expected.'

©2015 Sylvia Plath (P)2015 Faber & Faber Belletristik Klassiker
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In brilliant descriptions Sylvia Plath is sharing her mental development and illness as well as her views on people and the world of her time, a world that has only changed in some respects, making many of her observations as relevant today as they were then.

Understanding the mind and people

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Inhalt und Sprecherin nehmen einen mit auf eine depressive lebendige Reise voller Bilder und Emotionen. Exzellent.

Großartige Sprecherin

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'“We’ll act as if all this were a bad dream.” A bad dream. To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is the bad dream.'

Phenomenal

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The only audio book that the performer actually improves the book. She does not act the protagonist, she is her. Just amazing.

Better than the book itself

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I enjoyed the audiobook very much. The last chapter, the biographical note, was especially interesting. The piano interlude between the chapters was a good idea, but way too loud. The audio mix should have been way subtler on that one, as it repeatedly wrested me out of bed as I was listening to the book to fall asleep to.

Wonderfully read, wonderfully written

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