Revisiting The Bell Jar Again
Revisiting The Bell Jar again It was almost the last leg of summer of 2008. The boredom, restlessness, unemployed status & balmy summer of course had reached pinnacle in my life. Online shopping had just began its baby steps in India and out of few websites back then Flipkart ruled the roost for buying books. Somewhere, on internet, I had read few snippets of Sylvia plath’s poems, Her writings had intrigued me & it was an interesting fact to know, that she had written only one novel till date “the Bell Jar.” Needless to say, I ordered it from Flipkart. It was my first online purchase & I gingerly held the package when it arrived. Enthusiastically I showed it to my mom , who was busy shooing away the pigeons in the kitchen balcony. After 5 days, I had my exam but I knew this, I had to read this book. After mulling over my sparse savings & not regretting one single bit of first book purchase, I started reading. As a reader I met Esthe...