New Releases by Erica Jong

Feministisk klassiker och en av 1970-talets mest omdebatterade romaner »Boken som startade allt av kvinnan som startade allt. Nödvändig läsning för alla kvinnor som vill se sig själva som intellektuellt och sexuellt levande. Lika aktuell i dag som när den skrevs.« Naomi Wolf Isadora Wing, en journalist från New York, reser tillsammans med sin man Bennet till Wien för att delta i en konferens för psykoanalytiker. Väl där träffar hon den brittiske psykologen Adrian, som hon genast känner sig attraherad av. Utan att göra några särskilda försök att dölja det inleder Isadora en affär med Adrian, och inom henne väcks en allt starkare lust att bryta sig fri. När konferensen är över väljer Isadora att lämna Bennet och i stället följa med Adrian tillbaka till London. Det blir början på deras gemensamma resa genom Europa, en för Isadora känslomässig resa som får minnen av gamla relationer att komma till ytan igen, såväl som rädslor och begär och inte minst den komplexa relationen till hennes egen kropp. Rädd att flyga publicerades första gången 1973 och blev en omedelbar sensation. I dess kölvatten uppstod en intensiv debatt om kvinnor och sexualitet, som har gett ekon långt in i vår tid. I översättning av Annika Preis. ERICA JONG [1942] är en amerikansk författare och poet. Mest känd är hon för romanen Rädd att flyga [1973], som har sålt i över 20 miljoner exemplar och som haft stor betydelse för den andra vågens feminism. »Den här boken kommer att skriva litteraturhistoria.« Henry Miller

The groundbreaking #1 New York Times Bestseller—updated for the 50th Anniversary with a New Foreword by Molly Jong-Fast and a New Introduction by Taffy Brodesser-Akner! “The boundary-breaking novel that redefined sexuality.”—O Magazine Isadora Wing is tired. Tired of being psychoanalyzed. Tired of grad school. Tired of fighting with her husband. Tired of having unfulfilled desires. She thinks she knows what she''s searching for and how to achieve it. But her quest to engage in no-strings-attached sex quickly shifts into a journey of self-discovery that will leave her questioning her own mind, her ideals, and what she truly wants in life.... Originally published in 1973, the ground-breaking, uninhibited story of Isadora Wing and her desire to fly free caused a national sensation. It fueled fantasies, ignited debates, and introduced a notorious new phrase to the English language. Now, after fifty years, this revolutionary novel still stands as a timeless tale of self-discovery, liberation, and womanhood. “Smart, bold, bracing and, importantly, extremely funny.”—Meg Wolitzer

The iconic, bestselling author delivers her first book in ten years-and the sequel to the groundbreaking novel, Fear of Flying

Prima di Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City e di Anastasia Steele in Cinquanta sfumatura di grigio, c''era Isadora Wing, la protagonista disinibita ed esplicita del romanzo rivoluzionario di Erica Jong. Pubblicato per la prima volta negli Stati Uniti nel 1973, Paura di volare ha destato da subito scalpore, alimentando le fantasie dei lettori e infiammando il dibattito sul sesso e le donne. John Updike ha scritto che Isadora Wing "riserva al corpo maschile più parole gentili di ogni altro autore dai tempi di Fanny Hill". Il racconto esuberante e sincero delle avventure – e disavventure – sessuali di Isadora, con le sue osservazioni penetranti su matrimonio, maternità e ambizione, continua oggi a provocare e ispirare, restando un''icona della scoperta di sé e dell''emancipazione femminile.

Coltivare la scrittura è come coltivare la libertà. Sei sempre in marcia, ma non arrivi mai. La gente continua a chiederti: "Ma come hai fatto?" Così, dopo un po'', cominci a chiedertelo anche tu. Questo libro è appunto il tentativo di rispondere a questa domanda – rimpianti, errori, divorzi, querele e tutto il resto.

In this "amazing tour de force," an actress travels back in time and has an affair with William Shakespeare, from a #1 New York Times bestseller ( Cosmopolitan). An aging Hollywood film star, Jessica Pruitt fears the best days of her career are behind her. Arriving in Italy, she hopes to escape her worries by serving as a judge at the Venice Film Festival and immersing herself in preparations for her starring role in a new cinematic take on The Merchant of Venice. The ancient, crumbling city of canals is the perfect escape, enchanting Jessica with its history, its magic, and its mystery. Then one day she finds herself in a very different Venice—one that hasn''t existed for five hundred years—as the heroine of a new theatrical endeavor by an enigmatic young playwright named Will Shakespeare. Suddenly, impossibly, Jessica has found a new beginning, a new audience—and, in the arms of a genius fledgling bard, a love affair more stimulating, satisfying, and liberating than any she will ever know, even five centuries on. Originally published as Serenissima, this "hypnotic" novel by the bestselling author of Fear of Flying is delightfully uninhibited love story that transcends time ( The Washington Post Book World). "Erica Jong can write a historical novel that both honors its tradition with affectionate parody and creates its own full fictional reality." — The New York Times Book Review "A sexy adventure story which is a real page turner." —Ken Follett, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Pillars of the Earth This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erica Jong including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author''s personal collection.

The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Fear of Flying brings the seductive Greek poet to life in this " enormously entertaining" tale ( Booklist) . As she stands poised at the edge of a precipice in the shadow of the sanctuary of Apollo, the greatest love poet who ever was or ever will be recalls the eventful fifty years that have led her to this moment. It was love that seduced her, at age sixteen, into an ill-fated plot with the poet Alcaeus to depose the despot of the island of Lesbos. It was love that made her trade the unwanted marriage bed of an old, despised, and drunken husband for a seemingly endless series of lovers, both male and female. For Sappho, life has always been a banquet to be savored to the fullest, a strange and sensual odyssey that has carried her to the far corners of the ancient world. Devoted to the goddess Aphrodite and granted the gift of immortal song, she has followed her magnificent destiny from Delphi to Egypt, to the land of the Amazons, the realm of the centaurs, and into the stygian depths of Hades itself, often in the company of her companion and friend, the fabulist slave Aesop. Through every grand affair and every wild adventure, she has remained forever true to her heart, her passion, and herself, right up to this, the end of everything. Combining evocative and realistic detail with unabashedly outrageous invention, Erica Jong''s Sappho''s Leap is a flawless gem of historical fiction boldly imagined by one of America''s most enthralling storytellers. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erica Jong including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author''s personal collection.

Love Comes First is Erica Jong’s long-awaited return to her poetic roots! Here is Erica Jong’s first book of all-new poems in more than a decade. Known and beloved for Fear of Flying and her many other books of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, Jong expounds on the most eternal, universal topic of all: love. Using brilliant imagery and intense metaphorical insights to paint vivid pictures of love, and all that comes with it—the heights of elation, the depths of sorrow—she covers every inch of the spectrum with her vibrant and insightful words. Perfect for wedding showers, lovers of all ages, and Valentine’s Day, Jong’s trademark trailblazing style and remarkable ability to bridge the gap between literary and popular poetry makes Love Comes First an instant classic. Discover— or discover yet again—the brilliance of Erica Jong. Watch the trailer for this book:

First published in 1997, Inventing Memory is about four generations of remarkable women from a Jewish-American family-their triumphs, tragedies, scandals, and love affairs-as related by Sara Solomon, the youngest of these women. While trying to chronicle their history, the story becomes essentially hers, as she comes to understand the nature of memory, the way all of us both invent and assimilate our ancestors. In learning about the women in her family, Sara discovers how to create her own future.

A tale of addiction and narcissism—the twin obsessions of our age. World-famous folk singer Leila Sand emerged from the sixties and seventies with addictions to drugs and booze. Leila''s latest addiction is to a younger man who leaves her sexually ecstatic but emotionally bereft. The orgasmic frenzies trump the betrayals, so she keeps coming back for more. Eventually, Leila frees herself by learning the rules of love, the Twelve Steps, and the Key to Serenity in an odyssey that takes her from AA meetings to dens of sin, parties with "names" worth dropping, and unforgettable gondola rides. Jong has given us a poignant exploration of life, art, and the complexities of womanhood.

Seducing the Demon has introduced Erica Jong to readers who hadn''t been born when Fear of Flying was published in 1973. Now one of her finest works of nonfiction -and a New York Times bestseller-is back in print with a new afterword. In Fear of Fifty, a New York Times bestseller when first published in 1994, Erica Jong looks to the second half of her life and "goes right to the jugular of the women who lived wildly and vicariously through Fear of Flying" (Publishers Weekly), delivering highly entertaining stories and provocative insights on sex, marriage, aging, feminism, and motherhood. "What Jong calls a midlife memoir is a slice of autobiography that ranks in honesty, self-perception and wisdom with [works by] Simone de Beauvoir and Mary McCarthy," wrote the Sunday Times (U.K.). "Although Jong''s memoir of a Jewish American princess is wittier than either."

Erica Jong--like Isadora Wing, her fictional doppelganger--was rich and famous, brainy and beautiful, and soaring high with erotica and marijuana in 1977, the year this book was first published. Erica/Isadora are the perfect literary and libidinous guides for those readers who want to learn about-or just be reminded of-the sheer hedonistic innocence of the time. How to Save Your Own Life was praised by People for being "shameless, sex-saturated and a joy," and hailed by Anthony Burgess as one of the ninety-nine best novels published in English since 1939.

Spanning one hundred years, this novel charts the history of four generations of a Jewish family in America.

The book begins with a question: Why Henry Miller? "Miller remains among the most misunderstood of writers - seen either as a pornographer or a guru, a sexual enslaver or a sexual liberator, a prophet or a pervert. All the questions his life and oeuvre raise about the role of the writer in society, the impact of books on sexual politics, the impact of sexual politics on books, the threat of censorship to free speech and written expression are, unfortunately, as fresh today as they ever were". Part biography, part memoir, part critical study, part exploration of sexual politics in our time, The Devil at Large is an event: a book that promises to rescue Miller from the facile charges of misogyny, anti-Semitism, and titillation that have been lobbed at him over the years, and brilliantly captures the exuberance, audacity, and energy that defined his life and art. More than that, it is a reunion between a young writer and her mentor. In 1974, while Fear of Flying was still a relatively obscure first novel, Erica Jong received an enthusiastic fan letter from Henry Miller, then an old man of eighty-three. Miller credited himself with "discovering" Jong, and his faithful correspondence guided her through a year of enormous change. The two writers - chastised and celebrated for their lusty prose, accused of conflating autobiography with fiction in their respective generations - found they were kindred spirits, and began a friendship that would last until Miller''s death in 1980. "Make it all up!" was Miller''s appeal to Jong to become his biographer. But in reexamining Miller, Jong has not had to fictionalize. She has imparted a deeper understanding of a life whose dramatic particulars have longsince been mythologized, dramatized, and cannibalized by those in search of a lusty life story. Jong puts the works, the letters, the loves through a prism that clarifies the creative impulse, making this slim book a quintessential chronicle of a writer''s life and a mirror of our own times. "Always the flesh and the vision together", Anais Nin said of Miller. The Devil at Large asks its readers to look anew at these elements and come to a new appreciation of a twentieth-century visionary and prophet.

Alcoolisme et sexualité sadomasochiste emprisonnent l''héroïne de ce récit cru que la critique féminine a descendu.

Een Amerikaanse, die haar echtgenoot vergezelt naar een psychiatrisch congres in Wenen, laat zich door een congresdeelnemer overhalen tot een tocht door Europa.