Fear of Flying - Hardcover

Jong, Erica

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805098585 ISBN 13: 9780805098587

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 2013

Synopsis

The 40th anniversary reissue of the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Fear of Flying, with a new introduction by New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner

Originally published in 1973 by Holt, Reinhardt and Winston, Fear of Flying, the internationally bestselling story of Isadora Wing by Erica Jong, coined a new phrase for a sex act and launched a new way of thinking about gender, sexuality, and liberty in our society. On the 40th anniversary of its initial publication, we, the original publisher, are reissuing this seminal work with a new introduction by Jennifer Weiner.
An NPR Best Book of 2013

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Review:

"A passionate novel... the body wanting sex, sex, sex and love and safety, comfort; the mind wanting freedom, independence, the power to work.... wonderfully funny and sad, witty and agonizing, brilliant, sensual, serious" -Hannah Green

"Belongs to and hilariously extends the tradition of "Catcher in the Rye" and Portnoy's "Complaint".... [F]earless and fresh, tender and exact... " -John Updike

"The boundary-breaking novel that redefined sexuality." "-O magazine"

"The book that started it all by the woman who started it all." -Naomi Wolf

"Extraordinary...at once wildly funny and very wise." --"Los Angeles Times"

"The first true loss of intimacy, security, and love in a woman's life typically brings her face to face with the terror of being alone: She must endure the insane pounding heart and not go mad. This is what Erica Jong's classic novel "Fear of Flying "is really all about: being snipped from the emotional strings that tie you to a man, going into free fall, and, perhaps, learning to fly."-- "BookForum

""A passionate novel... the body wanting sex, sex, sex and love and safety, comfort; the mind wanting freedom, independence, the power to work.... wonderfully funny and sad, witty and agonizing, brilliant, sensual, serious" -Hannah Green

"Belongs to and hilariously extends the tradition of "Catcher in the Rye" and Portnoy's "Complaint".... [F]earless and fresh, tender and exact... " -John Updike

"The boundary-breaking novel that redefined sexuality." "-O magazine"

"The book that started it all by the woman who started it all." -Naomi Wolf

"Extraordinary...at once wildly funny and very wise." --"Los Angeles Times"

One of NPR's "Best Books of 2013"

"The first true loss of intimacy, security, and love in a woman's life typically brings her face to face with the terror of being alone: She must endure the insane pounding heart and not go mad. This is what Erica Jong's classic novel "Fear of Flying "is really all about: being snipped from the emotional strings that tie you to a man, going into free fall, and, perhaps, learning to fly."-- "BookForum
""A passionate novel... the body wanting sex, sex, sex and love and safety, comfort; the mind wanting freedom, independence, the power to work.... wonderfully funny and sad, witty and agonizing, brilliant, sensual, serious" -Hannah Green

"Belongs to and hilariously extends the tradition of "Catcher in the Rye" and Portnoy's "Complaint."... [F]earless and fresh, tender and exact... " -John Updike

"The boundary-breaking novel that redefined sexuality." "-O magazine"

"The book that started it all by the woman who started it all." -Naomi Wolf

"Extraordinary...at once wildly funny and very wise." --"Los Angeles Times"

A passionate novel... the body wanting sex, sex, sex and love and safety, comfort; the mind wanting freedom, independence, the power to work.... wonderfully funny and sad, witty and agonizing, brilliant, sensual, serious.--Hannah Green

The first true loss of intimacy, security, and love in a woman's life typically brings her face to face with the terror of being alone: She must endure the insane pounding heart and not go mad. This is what Erica Jong's classic novel "Fear of Flying "is really all about: being snipped from the emotional strings that tie you to a man, going into free fall, and, perhaps, learning to fly. "BookForum"

A passionate novel... the body wanting sex, sex, sex and love and safety, comfort; the mind wanting freedom, independence, the power to work.... wonderfully funny and sad, witty and agonizing, brilliant, sensual, serious. Hannah Green

Belongs to and hilariously extends the tradition of "Catcher in the Rye" and Portnoy's "Complaint."... [F]earless and fresh, tender and exact... "John Updike"

The boundary-breaking novel that redefined sexuality. "O magazine"

The book that started it all by the woman who started it all. "Naomi Wolf"

Extraordinary...at once wildly funny and very wise. "Los Angeles Times""

The first true loss of intimacy, security, and love in a woman's life typically brings her face to face with the terror of being alone: She must endure the insane pounding heart and not go mad. This is what Erica Jong's classic novel Fear of Flying is really all about: being snipped from the emotional strings that tie you to a man, going into free fall, and, perhaps, learning to fly. BookForum

A passionate novel... the body wanting sex, sex, sex and love and safety, comfort; the mind wanting freedom, independence, the power to work.... wonderfully funny and sad, witty and agonizing, brilliant, sensual, serious. Hannah Green

Belongs to and hilariously extends the tradition of Catcher in the Rye and Portnoy's Complaint.... [F]earless and fresh, tender and exact... John Updike

The boundary-breaking novel that redefined sexuality. O magazine

The book that started it all by the woman who started it all. Naomi Wolf

Extraordinary...at once wildly funny and very wise. Los Angeles Times

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-The first true loss of intimacy, security, and love in a woman's life typically brings her face to face with the terror of being alone: She must endure the insane pounding heart and not go mad. This is what Erica Jong's classic novel Fear of Flying is really all about: being snipped from the emotional strings that tie you to a man, going into free fall, and, perhaps, learning to fly.- --BookForum

-A passionate novel... the body wanting sex, sex, sex and love and safety, comfort; the mind wanting freedom, independence, the power to work.... wonderfully funny and sad, witty and agonizing, brilliant, sensual, serious.- --Hannah Green

-Belongs to and hilariously extends the tradition of Catcher in the Rye and Portnoy's Complaint.... [F]earless and fresh, tender and exact...- --John Updike

-The boundary-breaking novel that redefined sexuality.- --O magazine

-The book that started it all by the woman who started it all.- --Naomi Wolf

-Extraordinary...at once wildly funny and very wise.- --Los Angeles Times

From the Publisher:

The modern classic that changed the way we thought about sex

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0805098585
• ISBN 13: 9780805098587
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 355