Description

She wants men. She wants solitude.

Most of all, Isadora Wing wants a life that belongs to her.

The modern classic that changed the way we thought about sex.

Compulsive daydreamer Isadora Wing has come to a crossroads. Five years into marriage, she finds herself pulled equally towards erotic freedom and the privacy of being alone.

At a work conference in Vienna, she ditches her second husband and decides to cut and run, travelling across Europe in search of the perfect no-strings-attached tryst. A fear of flying is not going to stop her.

Witty, fearless and exuberant, Fear of Flying remains as sensational today as when it was first published. Erica Jong’s novel is a feminist modern classic about female desire, marriage, fantasy and self-discovery, following a woman trying to understand freedom on her own terms.

For readers interested in feminist classics, bold literary fiction and novels about women’s interior lives, Isadora Wing remains an unforgettable voice.

Publisher Review

"This succes de scandale from 1973 remains funny, clever and perceptive." -- John Bungey * The Times * "Unbridled classic." * Daily Telegraph * "An intelligent, expressive examination of a woman's mind, and of her gradual understanding of what feminism means... Erica Jong was a pioneer...she was, and still is, honest, brazen, bold and funny... If you want an insight into what life was really like for clever, sexy women 40 or 50 years ago, and how far we've come, you could do a lot worse than pick up Fear of Flying." * ASOS * "Uninhibited, erotic, delicious" -- John Updike "Furiously good" * Guardian *