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The bed book

by Sylvia Plath

Hardcover, 40 pages

Published by Harper & Row (1976)

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Amazon Description

Describes various beds that are much more interesting than beds for sleeping, such as a jet-propelled bed, snack bed, pocket-size bed, and bounceable bed.

One Potato Review

The view from the other side of the bell jar. Where lying in bed can mean visiting jungles on elephants’ backs, or voyaging to Mars “with mosquito nets for the stars.” There’s even a miniature bed, the very size and color of an overcooked pea, that you can take with you (and water) wherever you sleep, and a Big Dipper full of stew. Published in 1976, thirteen years after the poet’s death. Loopy and poignant.

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