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- ISBN 9781838855963
- Weight: 418g
- Dimensions: 144 x 220mm
- Publication Date: 06 Oct 2022
- Publisher: Canongate Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BERNARD SHAW PRIZE
A woman's life, erupting with brilliance and promise, is fissured by betrayal and the pressures of duty. What had once seemed a pastoral family idyll has become a trap, and she struggles between being the wife and mother she is bound to be and wanting to do and be so much more.
The woman in question is Sylvia Plath in the final year of her life. As Plath's marriage to Ted Hughes unravels through the heady days of their first summer in Devon together, Sylvia turns increasingly to writing to express her pain and loss, yet also her resilience and power. She has decided to die, but the art she creates in her final weeks will set her name, and the world, ablaze.
Elin Cullhed is a Swedish author who made her debut in 2016. Euphoria is her first novel for adults. It won the 2021 August Prize, Sweden's most prestigious literary award, and was a finalist for the Strega European Prize.
Jennifer Hayashida is a poet, translator and artist. She is the recipient of awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts, PEN and the Jerome Foundation among others. Her translations from the Swedish include work by Ida Börjel, Athena Farrokhzad and Iman Mohammed.
