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Fear of Flying

De: Erica Jong
Narrado por: Hope Davis
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Originally published in 1973, the groundbreaking, uninhibited story of Isadora Wing and her desire to fly free caused a national sensation. In The New York Times, Henry Miller compared it to his own classic, Tropic of Cancer and predicted that "this book will make literary history..." It has sold more than 12-million copies. Now, after 30 years, the revolutionary novel known as Fear of Flying still stands as a timeless tale of self-discovery, liberation, and womanhood.©1973, 2001 Erica Mann Jong (P)2006 HarperCollins Publishers Contemporario Ficción Femenina Ficción Literaria Género Ficción Literatura y Ficción Sátira

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"Extraordinary....At once wildly funny and very wise." (Los Angeles Times)
"An amazing tour de force." (Cosmopolitan)

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both entertaining and educational! I feel the readers performance makes this audible version even better than the printed copy! the reader helped me intuit things that I would have otherwise struggled to understand.

Highly Recommend

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This book is really well written. I love the prose and descriptions of the characters. The humor is also really great throughout. However, I didn’t completely fall in love this book. I really had trouble connecting with the protagonist, Isadora. She just came off as this really privileged woman who at times was not relatable. The author’s descriptions of emotions and the neuroses of the character were poignant, but the character at her core just seemed spoiled and entitled. It honestly felt like a story for upper class women not for all women, and maybe that was the intention? The whole narrative of this woman galavanting around Europe complaining about her kept life was nauseating. Maybe if character was a little less narcissistic and little more “woke”, she would be more dynamic. *spoiler alert, her redemption is getting over codependency, but I think if she examined her own privilege it would truly been a more well rounded feminist novel. Overall, I did enjoy this book and it’s worth the read for the brilliant writing style.

Really wanted to love this book!

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She just whines and complains about her life. I also had a hard time with the back and forth in her story. The past, the way past, and the present. I was confused at times as to where in the story I was.

I could not finish this book.

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What did you love best about Fear of Flying?

Jong's unflinching narrator finds her voice and her core through the course of this book. Many contemporary culture makers such as Lena Dunham owe a debt to this book.

What other book might you compare Fear of Flying to and why?

Books? Movies. I would compare all of Woody Allen's movies and later Lena Dunham's Tiny Furniture and Girls to Fear of Flying.

Have you listened to any of Hope Davis’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

She carries the right outrage and coolness the book's narrator contains.

If you could rename Fear of Flying, what would you call it?

Handbook for Young Women: How to Avoid Distraction Through a Series of Questions

Any additional comments?

I can't wait for my daughter to be old enough to read this. I hope it will provide her with iconography that she can identify necessary and sometimes painful transitions by. It is not theory, this conversational book, it is literature.

If you make it to the end, listen to the interview with Erica Jong. It reveals her lifelong support of women's voices.

Why Didn't I Read This When I Was 16?

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narrator had a somewhat nasal voice and I did not really enjoy the story. I know this book was considered revolutionary in it's time but to me, it was not, and I did not like the neurotic protagonist.

didn't like the story

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I read this book about 20 years ago and wanted to re-read it now to see how it holds up with the passage of time. I really enjoyed it a lot. Hope Davis is great as the narrator. Really believable. I can still see why this book was considered "ground-breaking". Isadora's unembarrassed search for who she is still speaks to me and her open acceptance of her sexuality still seems pretty radical and brave. And not just because she talks openly about sex and uses a lot of "swear words". But because it really isn't about finding the right man, which she eventually figures out.

An enjoyably readable classic

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What did you love best about Fear of Flying?

I loved the narration by Hope Davis it made the book come perfectly alive. I loved the way she did the British and French accents (her German was a bit off). It was like listening to someone talking to you.

What did you like best about this story?

I enjoyed getting an insight into the mindset of a woman growing up in the 50-60s and being fully emancipated. I did constantly have to remind myself of the period the story takes place. Amazing how progressive in tought and subject matter Fear of Flying must have been when it was first published. Today, after Sex and the City and 50 Shades of Gray, we are used to women being so outspoken about such topics. No way was that so in the 70s!Self-analysis was a bit annoying at times. I kept thinking whether I was so naive and clueless when I was 27. But then again, I had to remind myself of when Izadora grew up and how analysis was the answer to everything at that time.

Which character – as performed by Hope Davis – was your favorite?

Izadora! Her attitude and internal monologues and dialogues cracked me up

Any additional comments?

Don't try to judge the book according to 21st Century standards and background because you will have a completely different experience.

Put it in perspective

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I’m the son of a single parent. So many overdue triggers that will be with me to death.

Amazing read for this 66yo guy

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Erica Jong basted into the stratosphere in the mid 1970s. I was in Junior High School when this book was released, and I remember well hearing her name everywhere. I vaguely knew that the book was about sex and that she was a "bra-burner feminist." I never read it. I was too young, and when I grew up it never entered my mind. But this month it is the BOTM in my Reading 1001 group and so it was finally time.

Fear of Flying is simple in its theme and story. Isadora White Wing is a writer, like Jong. She is in an unfulfilling marriage. Her husband is a bit cold and unsupportive of her career. She finds their sex life dull and eventually begins a vivid fantasy life in which she imagines sex with other men. The book is essentially about those fantasies and what they mean to Isadora. And it is also about what sexual fantasies mean to all women. I didn't particularly love the book. I will be honest here: the directness and bluntness of the sexual content isn't something I liked. It made me uncomfortable. However, I recognize that this is a personal inhibition and in no way detracts from the importance of this work. And although I didn't love it because it made me uncomfortable, I still loved it for the way it made me think.

Nobody before Jong (and very few since) have ever written about sexuality from the female perspective with so much forthrightness and depth. I remember that when I read John Updikes' Rabbit series a year or so ago that I felt like I was punched in the gut and I liked it. The testosterone was on overload. And yet I loved it. This book is like that one. There is nowhere to hide. Jong uses language that is affronting and a bit outrageous. She discusses subjects that are self-indulgent, personal, and even narcissistic.

But here is the thing to know: It doesn't matter if you are uncomfortable. It doesn't matter if you like the book. It doesn't matter if you could write it just as well. The only thing that matters is that she did write it, and it was published. This book broke the barrier.

This is one of those rare books in which women are truly equal to men. It acknowledges that sex and pleasure and a fantasy life are things that women want just as much as men do. It acknowledges that sex can be whatever the woman wants it to be.

The reader may not always agree with Jong, but if a woman reads this book and finds nothing to which she can relate... well, I would be shocked and surprised, because this book discusses the value of work to women. It discusses the need for respect and support. It discusses personal fulfillment, passion, comfort, stability, marriage, hope, anger... And, of course, sex.

Jong uses the two men to show the two competing desires. Her husband Bennett represents home, comfort, ease, peace and security. He is steadfast. Her fantasy man, Adrian Goodlove, represents desire, zeal, intensity, energy and excitement. And, honestly, she wants both. So do I. I think most people want both, but it is never written about and acknowledged that women have the desires for what Adrian represent. Thousands of books for women discuss our need for the Bennetts of the world. But it is the rare few that show our need for the Adrians of the world.

So, back to the 1970s. It is important to remember that ERA was never ratified. And I remember that the women in my life didn't support it. The women who wanted the ERA were viewed as strident rather than progressive. They were seen as "easy" rather than free -- because a woman who wanted sex was a bad thing. The ERA means that the law cannot disadvantage women... that is all. If you lived through the era of the fight for the ERA you will remember the craziness of some of the arguments. If you are too young to remember, please go to youtube and watch the video of John Oliver discussing the ERA. It is funny, smart and full of great history.

a feminist powerhouse of a novel

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I really enjoyed this book! I found her fantasizing insightful and I believe Isadora went on to live an authentic female life that included marriage and children. At all ages, there is a question of who you are and what you want and like. Be brave!

Good for women of any age!

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