The blockbuster novel of female freedom and empowerment that launched a sexual revolution 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 generations 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 a new introduction by Fay Weldon, as well as an illustrated biography of Erica Jong, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the authors personal collection.
I loved Fear of Dying. I found it irreverent, funny, tender and very wise and it made me feel more alive' RACHEL JOYCE, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Vanessa Wonderman is smart, sexy - and sixty. After a lifetime of crazy families, New York high society and playing a soap opera archvillain bitch, she's not ready to give up yet.But life's not so carefree any more. Her parents are dying, her husband's in hospital and her wild-child daughter is pregnant. So when she signs up to a casual encounters site, she's thinking of leaving her wifelife behind - at least for a little bit. However, the most painful parts of your past always have away of surprising you. Will she learn in time how to live, how to love, how to be fearless?
I loved Fear of Dying. I found it irreverent, funny, tender and very wise and it made me feel more alive' RACHEL JOYCE, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry The new novel from the author of the iconic international bestseller Fear of Flying 'The book that started it all by the woman who started it all' NAOMI WOLF on Fear of Flying As Vanessa watches her aged parents fade, her daughter prepare for childbirth and her much older husband, Asher, struggle in the throes of open-heart surgery, she dreams of reversing time and becoming young again. With her best years as an actress behind her, she's discovering that beginnings are easy but endings are hard. Could her fountain of youth fantasies be fulfilled on zipless.com, a site inspired by her best friend, Isadora Wing's fantasy of encounters with no consequences? Surrounded by mortality, Vanessa is restless and curious enough to try anything. And she does. But the results make her wonder whether what she craves - sex, love, connection - may be closer at hand than she realises. Fear of Flying has sold 26 million copies in forty languages. It has been hailed as a classic by scholars. Fear of Dying extends the satire, compassion and wisdom that still captivate readers the world over. It is destined, once again, to change the way we think about our lives.
En Agosto de 1940, procedente de un campo de prisioneros de Prusia Oriental, llegó a la estación de Mauthausen un tren de transporte de ganado. Habían sido tres días de inhumano viaje, rodeados de cuerpos inertes por asfixia. Los 300 pasajeros del tren de la muerte fueron conducidos a pie por una senda hacia un alcor en el que se adivinaban unos muros de piedra blanca. No eran judíos, no eran gitanos, ni tan siquiera alemanes contrarios a Hitler. Eran republicanos españoles. Pack: Incluye los premiados documentales: 'EL TREN DE LA MEMORIA', 'LÁGRIMAS ROJAS'
This sublime and salacious story of one writer's long and successful career as a poet, novelist, and feminist provocateur is refreshingly direct--whether she is writing sex scenes or conforming to the rigid narrative of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Cuando a principios de siglo, Sara Sophie llega a los Estados Unidos procedente de Rusia, no conoce lo que va a sucederle. No sabe que tendrá una hija que también experimentará el desarraigo de una del exilio, ni que su nieta se convertirá en una cantante de éxito en la década de los sesenta. Tampoco sabe que su bisnieta Sara se sumergirá, cien años más tarde, en la vida de las mujeres que fueron su familia, para poner voz y sombras a los rostros de viejas fotografías. Así descubre el lugar de los suyos dentro de una cultura tan fascinante y creativa como la de los judíos afincados en América. Es la novela más ambiciosa de Erica Jong hasta la fecha.
Miedo a los cincuenta es un libro de memorias escrito a los cincuenta años, punto de inflexión de la existencia. Y es, también, el testimonio de varias décadas fundamentales en la historia de las mujeres. El sentido del humor y el ingenio de su autor levanta acta de los logros y fracasos obtenidos por las mujeres desde la eclosion del feminismo. Una biografia que se ha convertido en un verdadero exito mundial.
Now with a new introduction by the author, one of the most influential books ever on women's sexuality is ready to expose a new generation to a joyous, exhilarating romp through the mind of one about-to-become-liberated woman--and to an acceptance and enjoyment of their own innermost sexual fantasies.
Five years of marriage have made her itchy - itchy for men, and itchy for solitude. Ditching her second husband during a work conference in Vienna she decides to cut and run, criss-crossing her way across Europe in search of the perfect no-strings-attached tryst - and she wont let a little thing like a fear of flying get in her way.
