. “Mental health is still taboo – many people suffer, feeling lonely and misunderstood – and Plath writes about it so well.” First published under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas in January 1963, Plath’s only novel finds her protagonist Esther Greenwood in New York, captivated by the Rosenbergs execution, preoccupied with her virginity, and experiencing deepening spells of depression.
Released under her own name in 1966, it wasn’t until 1971 that the book was published in the States, eight years after her death from suicide.
. Levasseur’s seven illustrations, which appear in a new edition published by The Folio Society, instead approach Plath’s work with a compelling and affecting tone.“She has her way of describing what she sees or thinks that is sometimes so surreal that it is impossible to translate,” Levasseur, whose practice extends to painting, sculpture, and animation, explains of the mammoth undertaking. “It is a very special relationship.
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