pstrongA beautifully designed Harper Perennial Deluxe Edition of this haunting American classic astrongstrong realistic and emotional novel about a woman battling mental illness and societal pressures written by the iconic American writer Sylvia Plath.strongppstrongIt is this perfectly wrought prose and the freshness of Plath's voice in emThe Bell Jarem that make this book enduring in its appeal. -- emUSA TodayemstrongbrppemThe Bell Jarem chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under--maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's neurosis becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made emThe Bell Jarem an enduring classic.brp