{"product_id":"mary-ventura-and-the-ninth-kingdom","title":"Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Plath's] story is stirring, in sneaky, unexpected ways. . . . Look carefully and there's a new angle here -- on how, and why, we read Plath today.\"-- Parul Sehgal, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNever before published, this newly discovered short story by literary legend Sylvia Plath is a remarkable allegorical tale about a young woman's rebellion against convention and the forceful taking control of her own life. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten while Sylvia Plath was a student at Smith College in 1952, \u003ci\u003eMary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling coming of age story about a young woman's fateful train journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLips the color of blood, the sun an unprecedented orange, train wheels that sound like \"guilt, and guilt, and guilt\" these are just some of the things Mary Ventura begins to notice on her journey to the ninth kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"But what \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e the ninth kingdom?\" she asks a kind-seeming lady in her carriage. \"It is the kingdom of the frozen will,\" comes the reply. \"There is no going back.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis strange, dark tale of female agency and independence, a powerful work of psychological fiction written not long after she herself left home, grapples with mortality in motion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51942918553831,"sku":"9780062940834","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_d11d2555-2414-47ed-b1b0-ce0fa411e0b2.jpg?v=1775272193","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/mary-ventura-and-the-ninth-kingdom","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}