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Fear of Flying

Fear of Flying

Fear of Flying

Fear of Flying

by Jong, Erica

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  • Hardcover
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Near Fine/Near Fine
ISBN 10
0436224429
ISBN 13
9780436224423
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London, United Kingdom: Secker & Warburg, 1974. Blue bds with crisp gilt title (fresh not worn) pp 340 tight and clean (name stamped to ffep) Original wapper is bright and fresh (not scuffed, is price clipped and has faint foxed edge to front flap) An exceptionally good copy. Overweight. First British. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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
Ariel Books NZ (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #
8182
Title
Fear of Flying
Author
Jong, Erica
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First British
ISBN 10
0436224429
ISBN 13
9780436224423
Publisher
Secker & Warburg
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
Date Published
1974
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords
FICTION GENERAL Humor Feminist
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Women & Feminism;

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