Euphoria

Name: Euphoria
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SKU: 9781838855994
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By Elin Cullhed

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Euphoria by Elin Cullhed delves into the imagined inner world of Sylvia Plath during the last year of her life, blending fiction with biographical elements. The narrative explores the complexities of her creative drive, personal struggles, and the precarious balance between her roles as an artist, wife, and mother. This poignant portrayal captures the tension between artistic ambition and the demands of everyday life.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in a vivid and emotional exploration of Sylvia Plath's life, offering a fictional yet deeply insightful portrayal of her struggles and creativity. This novel delves into themes of identity, inspiration, and the complexities of balancing personal and professional life.

A luminous portrayal of a brilliant mind who is at once at battle with herself and with the constraints that society has placed on her

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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 yearning for 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, 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.

Euphoria

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Euphoria by Elin Cullhed is reviewed as an audacious and gripping novel that addresses the complexities of motherhood, love, and creativity, celebrating Sylvia Plath's enduring power. It is described as a compelling and visceral narrative, boldly exploring the conflicted emotional facets of female experience like childbirth, desire, and ambition. The novel is praised for being a sensitive depiction of a woman's struggle to assert her artistic identity and is recognised as a reflection on the resilience of female art.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781838855994

Publisher: Canongate Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 July 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Canongate Books

Edition: Main

Contributors:

Translated by Jennifer Hayashida

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 205g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

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 Premio Strega Europeo 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 Borjel, Athena Farrokhzad and Karl Larsson.