Lover of Unreason
Assia Wevill, Sylvia Plath’s Rival and Ted Hughes’ Doomed Love
January 2008
Trade Paperback · 328 Pages
$15.95 U.S. · $19.50 CAN · €11.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780786721054
Da Capo Press
Trade Paperback · 328 Pages
$15.95 U.S. · $19.50 CAN · €11.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780786721054
Da Capo Press
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Description
My true wife and the best friend I ever had, wrote Ted Hughes after Assia Wevill's 1969 suicide. Long seen as the woman who lured Hughes away from Sylvia Plath, Wevill has remained a mysterious figure. Now, for the first time Yehuda Koren and Eilat Negev tell the story of Wevill's remarkable life and the seven years she spent with Hughes before killing herself, and their daughter, in a manner that inevitably recalled Plath's suicide six years earlier. Drawing on previously unavailable papers, including Wevill's diaries and intimate correspondence with Hughes, Koren and Negev offer a gripping portrayal of the uneasy life the couple shared under Plath's long shadow.
About the Authors
Yehuda Koren, a freelance journalist for the British, Israeli, and German press, and Eilat Negev, the senior literary correspondent for Yedioth Achronoth, previously co-authored In Our Hearts We Were Giants. Yehuda Koren, a freelance journalist for the British, Israeli, and German press, and Eilat Negev, the senior literary correspondent for Yedioth Achronoth, previously co-authored In Our Hearts We Were Giants.