{"product_id":"the-bell-jar-6","title":"The Bell Jar","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bell Jar follows Esther Greenwood as she journeys into a fragile psyche while grappling with her ambitions, desires, and mental health. Set in 1950s America, this semi-autobiographical novel examines the pressure society puts on women and the way social rules can smother a person. Esther comes to feel shut inside a bell jar, a glass prison that cuts her off from everyone around her. The book traces her slide into madness and her search for who she is, casting a harsh light on the human mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWhy You Should Read?\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFollow Esther Greenwood as she wrestles with her own ambitions, her desires, and her mental health.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplore the pressure that 1950s America puts on women and the social rules that confine them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstand how it feels for Esther to be enclosed in a bell jar that cuts her off.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExperience a gripping journey into a fragile psyche and one woman's descent into madness.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSylvia Plath\u003c\/strong\u003e was an American poet and author whose writing is credited with helping to advance confessional poetry. Her works include The Colossus and Other Poems (1960) and Ariel (1965), plus a semi-autobiographical novel that appeared a month before her suicide in 1963. The Collected Poems came out in 1981 with previously unpublished work, and in 1982 she received a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the fourth person given that honour after death. She studied at Smith College and at Newnham College, Cambridge, as a Fulbright student.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rupa Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":71845309841661,"sku":null,"price":472.0,"currency_code":"NPR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/4145\/8840\/files\/9789357025997-837dbede9ab55b11.jpg?v=1794154652","url":"https:\/\/biblionepal.com\/de\/products\/the-bell-jar-6","provider":"BIBLIONEPAL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}