"I'm seeing signs of her being trapped by the role that a woman is supposed to have," says author. "She could up end her life, go to Europe and like sleep with a bunch of dudes and live like a Bohemian life or she could embrace the rat race career life of New York." The book was released on October 1 in U.S., Canada and Australia.
This week we dive into Sylvia Plath's novel The Bell Jar, a quasi-autobiographical novel about womanhood, depression, and identity. We also discuss the unfortunate circumstances of Plath's early death, country mice moving to big cities, and metaphorical chemistry equipment.
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