{"product_id":"birthday-letters","title":"Birthday Letters","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBirthday Letters\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eTed Hughes\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780374525811\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eFarrar, Straus and Giroux\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1999\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1st Edition Thus\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e210\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eUsed Copy\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormerly Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth II, the late Ted Hughes (1930-98) is recognized as one of the few contemporary poets whose work has mythic scope and power. And few episodes in postwar literature have the legendary stature of Hughes's romance with, and marriage to, the great American poet Sylvia Plath. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems in \u003ci\u003eBirthday Letters\u003c\/i\u003e are addressed (with just two exceptions) to Plath, and were written over a period of more than twenty-five years, the first a few years after her suicide in 1963. Some are love letters, others haunted recollections and ruminations. In them, Hughes recalls his and Plath's time together, drawing on the powerful imagery of his work--animal, vegetable, mythological--as well as on Plath's famous verse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCountless books have discussed the subject of this intense relationship from a necessary distance, but this volume--at last--offers us Hughes's own account. Moreover, it is a truly remarkable collection of pems in its own right.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Birthday Letters | Ted Hughes | Paperback | 9780374525811 | Used: Like New | Poetry 1638091","offer_id":48711049805976,"sku":"1638091","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Birthday Letters | Ted Hughes | Paperback | 9780374525811 | Used: Very Good | Poetry 1666112","offer_id":48864279330968,"sku":"1666112","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81tK4SHxSGL.jpg?v=1771952289","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/birthday-letters","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}