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Erica Jong

Autor(a) de Fear of Flying

40+ Works 8,233 Membros 137 Reviews 15 Favorited

About the Author

Erica Jong was born on March 26, 1942. She received a B.A. from Barnard College and a M.A. in 18th Century English Literature from Columbia University. She also attended Columbia University's graduate writing program where she studied poetry. She has written numerous volumes of poetry, novels, and mostrar mais non-fiction works including Fruits and Vegetables, Fear of Flying, How to Save Your Own Life, Parachutes and Kisses, Sappho's Leap, Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life, and It Was Eight Years Ago Today (But It Seems Like Eighty). She has received numerous awards including the United Nations Award for Excellence in Literature, Poetry magazine's Bess Hokin Prize, the Deauville Award for Literary Excellence, and the Sigmund Freud Award for Literature. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries

Obras de Erica Jong

Fear of Flying (1973) 3,461 cópias
How to Save Your Own Life (1977) 655 cópias
Sappho's Leap (2003) 382 cópias
Witches (1981) 374 cópias
Serenissima (1987) 345 cópias
Parachutes & Kisses (1984) 338 cópias
Any Woman's Blues (1989) 290 cópias
Fear of Dying (2015) 190 cópias
Sugar in My Bowl: Real Women Write About Real Sex (2011) — Editor — 106 cópias

Associated Works

Jane Eyre (1847) — Introdução, algumas edições58,934 cópias
FANNY HILL OU MEMÓRIAS DE UMA MULHER DE PRAZER (1748) — Introdução, algumas edições3,323 cópias
Cries of the Spirit: A Celebration of Women's Spirituality (2000) — Contribuinte — 372 cópias
Drinking, Smoking and Screwing: Great Writers on Good Times (1994) — Contribuinte — 335 cópias
My Little Red Book (2009) — Contribuinte — 163 cópias
Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel (2022) — Contribuinte — 161 cópias
The Mark Twain Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Work (2010) — Contribuinte — 142 cópias
The Other Woman: A Short Novel and Stories (1971) — Prefácio, algumas edições137 cópias
Witches' Brew (2002) — Contribuinte — 126 cópias
Adrienne Rich's Poetry [Norton Critical Edition] (1975) — Contribuinte — 125 cópias
The Penguin Book of Women's Humour (1996) — Contribuinte — 119 cópias
Deep Down: The New Sensual Writing by Women (1988) — Contribuinte — 116 cópias
Poems from the Women's Movement (2009) — Contribuinte — 108 cópias
The Barbie Chronicles: A Living Doll Turns Forty (1999) — Contribuinte — 105 cópias
Neurotica: Jewish Writers on Sex (1999) — Contribuinte — 86 cópias
The Colette Omnibus (1960) — Introdução — 85 cópias
Nice Jewish Girls: Growing Up in America (1996) — Contribuinte — 79 cópias
In Their Own Voices: A Century of Recorded Poetry (1900) — Introdução — 75 cópias
Bad Girls: 26 Writers Misbehave (2007) — Contribuinte — 64 cópias
The Jewish Writer (1998) — Contribuinte — 52 cópias
Sexual Revolution (2003) — Prefácio — 40 cópias
Wild Women (1854) — Contribuinte — 23 cópias
Inside Deep Throat [2005 Documentary] (2005) — Self — 19 cópias
Passion: Women on Women (1995) — Narrador — 3 cópias

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome padrão
Jong, Erica
Nome de batismo
Jong, Erica Mann
Outros nomes
Mann, Erica
Data de nascimento
1942-03-26
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
New York City, New York, USA
Locais de residência
New York, New York, USA
Heidelberg, Germany
Educação
Barnard College (BA)
Columbia University (MA)
High School of Music and Art, New York
Ocupação
author
teacher
Relacionamentos
Fast, Jonathan (ex-echtg.)
Jong-Fast, Molly (dochter)
Fast, Howard (voormalige schoonvader)
Organizações
PEN
Authors League of America
Authors Guild
Dramatists Guild of America
Writers Guild of America
Poetry Society of America (mostrar todas 9)
National Writers Union
Poets and Writers
Phi Beta Kappa
Agente
Ed Victor
Elizabeth Sheinkman (WME)
Pequena biografia
Erica Jong is an American novelist, satirist, and poet, known particularly for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying. The book became famously controversial for its attitudes towards female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. According to The Washington Post, it has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.

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Read as a preadolescent - where did I get my hands on it? A garage sale? My mom's bookshelf? - and would like to re-read as an adult. I was confused by 99% of the book as a kid. But I remember the "zipless fuck" and the dancing penis.
 
Marcado
Doodlebug34 | outras 80 resenhas | Jan 1, 2024 |
A woman writing about sex, breaking into the old boy's club of American macho novelists.
 
Marcado
mykl-s | outras 80 resenhas | Aug 13, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
40
Also by
31
Membros
8,233
Popularidade
#2,936
Avaliação
4.1
Resenhas
137
ISBNs
493
Idiomas
19
Favorito
15

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