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FEAR OF FLYING
by Jong, Erica
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- first
- Condition
- Very good plus in very good plus jacket.
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About This Item
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973. First edition (stated). Very good plus in very good plus jacket.. First printing of the phenomenon that captured women's exploration of the newfound freedoms in second-wave feminism and the sexual revolution. A novel of sexual awakening from the perspective of a married woman living in the "post-Pill paradise" of the 1970s, FEAR OF FLYING struck a nerve with women across generations. Compared by male critics like Updike to CATCHER IN THE RYE and PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT, Jong's book is a messy exploration of sexuality, but its feminist perspective also created a roadmap for many women readers and women writers, including Jennifer Weiner, Meg Wolitzer, Naomi Wolf, and others in third-wave feminism. 8.25'' x 5.75''. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in red. In original price-clipped c olor pictorial dust jacket designed by Judith Seifer. Red endpapers. [12], 340 pages. Jacket lightly toned with mild edgewear. Book with slight lean. Else clean and sound.
Synopsis
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.
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- Type Punch Matrix
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45464
- Title
- FEAR OF FLYING
- Author
- Jong, Erica
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good plus in very good plus jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (stated)
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- 20th century,Post-WWII,Woman Author
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