Rating: ****
Tags: Fiction, General, Psychological, Romance, Erotica, Lang:en
Summary
The 30th Anniversary special!
Originally published in 1973, the ground-breaking,
uninhibited story of Isadora Wing and her desire to fly free
caused a national sensation—and sold more than twelve
million copies. Now, after thirty years, the iconic novel still
stands as a timeless tale of self-discovery, liberation, and
womanhood.
“Fearless and fresh.” —John Updike,
The New Yorker
“A picaresque, funny, touching adventure of Isadora
Wing… on the run from her psychoanalyst husband, in
Erica Jong is the author of nineteen books of poetry,
fiction, and memoir, including
Fear of Flying, which has more than 18 million
copies in print worldwide. Her most recent essays have appeared
in
The New York Times Book Review, and she is a
frequent guest on television talk shows. Currently working on a
novel featuring Isadora Wing—the heroine of
Fear of Flying—as a woman of a certain
age, Erica and her lawyer husband live in New York City and
Connecticut. Her daughter, Molly Jong-Fast, is also an author.
Erica Jong left a Ph.D. program at Columbia to write her
ground-breaking novel
Fear of Flying, published in 1973. Jong is the
author of numerous award-winning books of poetry and novels
including
Fanny,
How to Save Your
Own Life,
Parachutes and Kisses,
Any Woman’s Blues, and the forthcoming
Sappho’s Leap. She is also the author of
the memoir
Fear of Fifty. She lives in New York City and
Connecticut.
Review
quest of joy and her own true self.” —
New York Review of Books
“Extraordinary…at once wildly funny and very
wise.”
—
Los Angeles Times
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