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Today we reissue Janet Malcolm’s THE SILENT WOMAN, a classic work of hybrid nonfiction, on the Granta Editions list [1/9]
![Today we reissue Janet Malcolm’s THE SILENT WOMAN, a classic work of hybrid nonfiction, on the Granta Editions list [1/9]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EUl_oR6XgAIpwMV.jpg "Today we reissue Janet Malcolm’s THE SILENT WOMAN, a classic work of hybrid nonfiction, on the Granta Editions list [1/9]")
This is a book about the myth of Sylvia Plath as created by her biographers, her literary estate and, with the posthumous publishing of her letters and journals, by Plath herself since her death [2/9]
![This is a book about the myth of Sylvia Plath as created by her biographers, her literary estate and, with the posthumous publishing of her letters and journals, by Plath herself since her death [2/9]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EUl_-7RWsAE6z1S.jpg "This is a book about the myth of Sylvia Plath as created by her biographers, her literary estate and, with the posthumous publishing of her letters and journals, by Plath herself since her death [2/9]")
It’s also a book about biography, about its dubious morality and problematic power, argued with the forensic ferocity of a detective (or a crime writer) [3/9]
![It’s also a book about biography, about its dubious morality and problematic power, argued with the forensic ferocity of a detective (or a crime writer) [3/9]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EUmAJSMXgAEedGe.jpg "It’s also a book about biography, about its dubious morality and problematic power, argued with the forensic ferocity of a detective (or a crime writer) [3/9]")
Malcolm’s writing is uncompromisingly persuasive, unpicking the biases of those around her while drawing attention to the implicit biases in her own project at every turn [4/9]
![Malcolm’s writing is uncompromisingly persuasive, unpicking the biases of those around her while drawing attention to the implicit biases in her own project at every turn [4/9]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EUmARgKWAAIdIBN.jpg "Malcolm’s writing is uncompromisingly persuasive, unpicking the biases of those around her while drawing attention to the implicit biases in her own project at every turn [4/9]")
For a glimpse into Malcom’s ferociously intelligent—and acerbically playful—mind, check out her brilliant interview in the Paris Review on the art of nonfiction (seriously, you should; it’s amazing) [5/9] https://bit.ly/2UsN6xP
Or dive into this email exchange, published by @GrantaMag, between Malcolm and Marta Werner, on Emily Dickinson, collage and burdock leaves—make sure to leaf through the image gallery at the top of the article to see the finished collages [6/9] https://bit.ly/2JzrwBO
Back to THE SILENT WOMAN. The Guardian has called this book ‘one of the deepest, loveliest, and most problematic things Janet Malcolm has written’, while the Financial Times deemed it ‘intellectually explosive, morally challenging and enormous fun’ [7/9]
The @LRB cuts to the chase: ‘The best thing Malcolm has ever done’ [8/9]
THE SILENT WOMAN is a live-wire study of Sylvia Plath’s literary legacy, and a thrilling exposé of the transgressive power of biography. Order your copy here [9/9] https://bit.ly/2UUpRvF
