Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom

von Sylvia Plath

64 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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"[Plath's] story is stirring, in sneaky, unexpected ways. . . . Look carefully and there's a new angle here - on how, and why, we read Plath today."- Parul Sehgal, New York TimesNever before published, this newly discovered short story by literary legend Sylvia Plath is a remarkable allegorical tale about a young woman's rebellion against convention and the forceful taking control of her own life. Written while Sylvia Plath was a student at Smith College in 1952, Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom is a compelling coming of age story about a young woman's fateful train journey.Lips the color of blood, the sun an unprecedented orange, train wheels that sound like "guilt, and guilt, and guilt": these are just some of the things Mary Ventura begins to notice on her journey to the ninth kingdom."But what is the ninth kingdom?" she asks a kind-seeming lady in her carriage. "It is the kingdom of the frozen will," comes the reply. "There is no going back."This strange, dark tale of female agency and independence, a powerful work of psychological fiction written not long after she herself left home, grapples with mortality in motion.

• Reihe: Harper Perennial
• ISBN: 9780062940834
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.03.2024
• Größe: 193 x 128 mm
• Verlag: HarperCollins