Books written by Erica Jong

Sappho's Leap: A Novel

Simple things made of reed and plant fibers, and yet they reproduce our heartbeats and our breath. Mouthfuls of air trapped in timelessness. The miracle of writing! I had learned to make letters on clumsy wax-covered wooden tablets when ...

The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller

He had to be defiant. As late as 1975, Henry said to me: “I read the literary pages and my name is never mentioned, it seems.” (Even today a quick check of major universities and colleges, including Columbia, UCLA, Reed ...

Paura dei cinquanta

Allevate nella convinzione di potere accudire ai figli a tempo pieno (perlomeno finché erano piccoli) spesso trovammo che quel tipo di maternità “alla Donna Reed” era un lusso che poche di noi potevano permettersi.

Any Woman's Blues

A story of emotional addiction and co-dependency. This story will speak to every woman and man of the nineties.

Inventing Memory: A Novel of Mothers and Daughters

Through her memories, Sara finds herself drawn into the turbulent lives of her twentieth-century ancestors--her great-grandmother Sarah, who flees a Russian pogrom to America in 1906; her grandmother Salome, who frolics through prewar Paris ...

Witches

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erica Jong, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.

Any Woman's Blues: A Novel of Obsession

Any Woman's Blues, first published in 1990, is a tale of addiction and narcissism-the twin obsessions of ourage.

Any Woman's Blues: A Novel of Obsession

You know what happens when you lie , bad girl , don't you ? " “ Yes , ” I say , very gamine , very excited . " Come into the studio . I want to see what you've done . " And he strides out the back door , across the grass , and into my ...

Love Comes First: Poems

A volume of original poetic works follows a theme of love, in a gift-appropriate collection that reflects the writer's use of imagery and metaphorical language while exploring the many facets of love from elation to sorrow.

Paura dei cinquanta

Affrontare i cinquant’anni: come indicare a una generazione di donne la strada da percorrere? Erica Jong lo fa con l’unica risposta possibile: la storia della sua vita.

Donna felicemente sposata cerca uomo felicemente sposato

Erica Jong ha scritto numerosi best seller, tra i quali Paura di volare, Come salvarsi la vita, Fanny, Paracadute & baci, Serenissima, Ballata di ogni donna, Il diavolo fra noi, Paura dei cinquanta, Ricorderò domani, Cosa vogliono le ...

Paura di morire

Seguito ideale di Paura di volare, questo nuovo romanzo di Erica Jong è il ritratto coraggioso, pieno di humor e ferocemente onesto, di una donna matura del ventunesimo secolo, che ama la vita e ama sentirsi amata, che non rinnega il suo ...

Fear of Dying: A Novel

Fear of Dying is a daring and delightful look at what it really takes to be human and female in the 21st century. Wildly funny and searingly honest, this is a book for everyone who has ever been shaken and changed by love.

Fear of Flying: A Novel

Even in a time when women are still sexually repressed, Isadora Wing wishes to "fly free" with a man who completes her every fantasy.

Serenissima

Una star di Hollywood è presente al festival del cinema di Venezia. In un'appassionante vicenda d'amore si trova trasportata ai tempi del Mercante di Venezia shakespeariano.

Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones : a Novel

"Jong . . . filled a gap in the great tradition of the picaresque novel. . . . Linguistically, "Fanny" is a tower of strength. . . . Jong has gone farther than Joyce."--Anthony Burgess, "Saturday Review."

Any Woman's Blues: A Novel of Obsession

A painter of extraordinary talent and renown, Leila is addicted to a younger man who inspires her passion, yet betrays her.

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How to Save Your Own Life

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.