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Sinossi
Dicembre 1952. Sylvia Plath, studentessa dello Smith College in Massachusetts, invia "Mary Ventura e il nono regno" alla rivista «Mademoiselle». Respinto dal giornale, il racconto ha visto la luce negli Stati Uniti e in Gran Bretagna soltanto nel 2019. In questa storia ambigua e sottilmente inquietante appaiono labbra color sangue, un sole dall'insolita tonalità arancio, mentre il rumore del treno sulle rotaie pare muovere oscure accuse. La giovane Mary Ventura ignora che cosa la aspetti alla fine del viaggio verso il nono regno. Una donna seduta nello stesso scompartimento sembra saperne di più: è il regno della negazione, della volontà congelata, da cui non si torna indietro... Una narrazione intensa, oscura ma anche ricca di speranza, «una vaga favola simbolica» come la definì l'autrice, che parla di scelte, di crescita, ribellione e riscatto.
- ISBN: 8804748834
- Casa Editrice: Mondadori
- Pagine: 80
- Data di uscita: 01-11-2022
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This is a rejected short story Sylvia Plath wrote when she was 20. Unearthed and published for the first time, it’s an exciting event for no one but us literary nerds. The story itself is above-average quality. A bit wordy at the beginning, but amps up significantly by the halfway point. When the les Leggi tutto
I read the author's article and know that this book is not something that I can immediately figure out once finished. Especially when she said: "I can’t let Shakespeare get too far ahead of me, you know" — because let's be real. When else do you ever get to crack Shakespeare works without
The Bell Jar , written by Sylvia Plath , is one of my favorite books of all time. (Picture courtesy- vinhanley.com. You could relate to many of the things mentioned in the above picture if you have ardently followed her works.) When I saw the name Sylvia I quickly jumped on to read this short story
‘ The shuttle of the train wheel struck doom into her brain. ’ If life is hurtling us towards our destruction, one would wish we could at least take control over our inevitable course towards corpse-hood. Or is our trajectory so strongly determined by forces outside of us that we barely have any agency Leggi tutto
Late in 1952, Smith College student Sylvia Plath completed this “vague symbolic tale” and submitted it to Mademoiselle . Although Mademoiselle commissioned Plath to interview poet Elizabeth Bowen, and invited her to come to New York as a guest editor (a heady and unsettling experience which provided Leggi tutto
قصة قصيرة كتبتها سيلفيا بلاث وهي تبلغ من العمر ٢٠ عاماً.. لو قرأت القصة من غير ما تعرف حاجة عن حياة بلاث ممكن متفهمش أوي و لكن لو قرأت عنها حتفهم حاجات كتير و حتشوف إنها قصة مميزة جداً وتعبر عنها ولو بطريقة غير مباشرة... سيلفيا بلاث انتحرت وهي عندها ٣٠ سنة وماتت أثر التسمم بأول أكسيد الكربون بعد أن حش Leggi tutto
Mary Ventura bids a reluctant farewell to her parents before embarking on a train journey to the mysterious Ninth Kingdom. But what is the Ninth Kingdom - and will Mary reach it safely? Sylvia Plath’s short story sounds dreamlike and that’s exactly how it reads! The premise and overall atmosphere fe Leggi tutto
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