Fear of Flying
by Erica Jong
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app
1
To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.
2
Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.
Pub Date Oct 18 2011 | Archive Date Jun 10 2016
Description
Bored with her marriage, a psychoanalyst's wife embarks on a wild, life-changing affair.
After
five years, Isadora Wing has come to a crossroads in her marriage:
Should she and her husband stay together or get divorced? Accompanying
her husband to an analysts' conference in Vienna, she ditches him and
strikes out on her own, crisscrossing Europe in search of a man who can
inspire uninhibited passion. But, as she comes to learn, liberation and
happiness are not necessarily the same thing.
A literary sensation when first published in 1973, Fear of Flying
established Erica Jong as one of her generation's foremost voices on
sex and feminism. Nearly four decades later, the novel has lost none of
its insight, verve, or jaw-dropping wit.
This
ebook features an illustrated biography of Erica Jong, including rare
photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal
collection.
Erica Jong (b.
1942) was raised in New York City, where she first attracted attention
as a poet, winning various awards for two volumes of verse published in
the early 1970s. But she is best known forher first novel, Fear of Flying,
which struck a chord with a country still reeling from the sexual
revolution. Though it initially drew controversy for its frank depiction
of female sexuality, it has sold more than eighteen million copies
worldwide.
Jong followed Isadora Wing through three more novels: How to Save Your Own Life, Parachutes and Kisses, and Any Woman's Blues. In addition to continuing to produce poetry, Jong has written historical fiction, most recently Sappho's Leap, and two memoirs, Fear of Fifty and Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life.
Open Road Media would like to thank you for your interest in this title, and we encourage you to share your thoughts with the book community. We hope you will take your time to post your review on Goodreads or retailer's sites, such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Advance Praise
"A winner . . . fearless and fresh, tender and exact." -John Updike, The New Yorker
"Extraordinary . . . at once wildly funny and very wise." -Los Angeles Times
"An
impressively lusty book . . . [it] still has the capacity to make a
person reading it on the subway feel suddenly self-conscious." -The New York Times
Marketing Plan
Stay on top of news from Open Road Media. Sign up for our newsletter here: www.openroadmedia.com/newsletters
Stay on top of news from Open Road Media. Sign up for our newsletter here: www.openroadmedia.com/newsletters
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781453222089 |
PRICE | $0.00 (USD) |