Fear of Flying: Holt Rinehart Winston
by Erica Jong
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
VG / VG. 1973 Holt Rinehart, stated first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Hard to believe this book caused a kerfuffle when it was published, but I remember it happening - - though I was a bit too young to give a crap at the time.
Synopsis
Erica Jong is the author of nineteen books of poetry, fiction, and memoir, including Fear of Flying , which has more than 18 million copies in print worldwide. Her most recent essays have appeared in The New York Times Book Review , and she is a frequent guest on television talk shows. Currently working on a novel featuring Isadora Wing—the heroine of Fear of Flying —as a woman of a certain age, Erica and her lawyer husband live in New York City and Connecticut. Her daughter, Molly Jong-Fast, is also an author. Erica Jong left a Ph.D. program at Columbia to write her ground-breaking novel Fear of Flying , published in 1973. Jong is the author of numerous award-winning books of poetry and novels including Fanny , How to Save Your Own Life , Parachutes and Kisses , Any Woman’s Blues , and the forthcoming Sappho’s Leap . She is also the author of the memoir Fear of Fifty . She lives in New York City and Connecticut.
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- Bookseller
- 2nd Impression Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1133
- Title
- Fear of Flying
- Author
- Erica Jong
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1973
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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