ARGONAUT BOOKS

Focusing on the nature of biography, Malcolm examines the biographies of Sylvia Plath, with particular focus on Anne Stevenson's controversial 'Bitter Fruit', to discover how Plath became the enigma of literary history, and how the legend continues to exert such a hold on our imaginations. Reviews One of the deepest, loveliest, and most problematic things Janet Malcolm has written. It is so subtle, so patiently analytical, and so true that it is difficult to envisage anyone writing again about Plath and HughesGuardianAn astonishing writer with a grasp of nuance that can be ...Read More