{"product_id":"crossing-the-water-9780060907891","title":"Crossing the Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eCrossing the Water\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of poems written just prior to those in \u003cem\u003eAriel\u003c\/em\u003e, . . . is of immense importance in recording [Plath's] extraordinary development. One senses on every page a voice coming into its own, the chaos of a lifetime at last getting ready to assume its final, triumphant shape.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSylvia Plath's extraordinary collection pushes the envelope between dark and light, between our deep passions and desires that are often in tension with our duty to family and society. Water becomes a metaphor for the surface veneer that many of us carry, but Plath explores how easily this surface can be shaken and disturbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlath, Sylvia:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSylvia Plath was born in 1932 in Massachusetts. Her books include the poetry collections \u003cem\u003eThe Colossus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCrossing the Water\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWinter Trees\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAriel\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Pulitzer Prize. A complete and uncut facsimile edition of \u003cem\u003eAriel\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 2004 with her original selection and arrangement of poems. She was married to the poet Ted Hughes, with whom she had a daughter, Frieda, and a son, Nicholas. She died in London in 1963.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50619623309586,"sku":"9780060907891","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c3ff402e-a9b4-4e54-94ae-ea468b3ea166.jpg?v=1732552591","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/crossing-the-water-9780060907891","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}