Sylvia & Ted: A Novel

A fictional re-creation of the turbulent courtship, marriage, & separation of the poets Sylvia Plath & Ted Hughes. From the start, poetry was their trysting-place & battleground: Sylvia read Ted's poetry before she met him, confronting the young poet with his own words at their first encounter. Takes us beyond the familiar outlines of their legend, imbuing the story with the heightened symbolism of an epic drama. As Sylvia & Ted struggle to create both life & art, they create a powerful vortex of sensation & passion that draws everyone into its path, including Sylvia's beautiful rival, Assia Wevill. Vividly evokes the social & literary circles in which Plath & Hughes traveled even as she animates the 20th century's most famous literary love affairs.