Elizabeth Winder: 3 books

"I dreamed of New York, I am going there." On May 31, 1953, twenty-year-old Sylvia Plath arrived in New York City for a one-month stint at "the intellectual fashion magazine" Mademoiselle to be a guest editor for its prestigious annual college issue. Over the next twenty-six...

È il 31 maggio del 1953 quando una emozionata Sylvia Plath, appena ventenne, sbarca nella Grande Mela. Bionda, abbronzata, tiene fra le mani una valigia, frutto dello studio accurato di mesi: due tubini neri, una camicia da notte, due pigiami blu, e poi camicie, calze di nylon, una borsetta rossa...

A city, a movie star, and one magical year. In November of 1954 a young woman dressed plainly in a white oxford, dark sunglasses and a black pageboy wig boards a midnight flight from Los Angeles to New York. As the plane’s engines rev she breathes a sigh of relief, lights a cigarette and...