[go: up one dir, main page]

Erica Jong

Erica Jong’s Followers (865)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Erica Jong


Born
in New York, New York, The United States
March 26, 1942

Website

Genre


Erica Jong—novelist, poet, and essayist—has consistently used her craft to help provide women with a powerful and rational voice in forging a feminist consciousness. She has published 21 books, including eight novels, six volumes of poetry, six books of non-fiction and numerous articles in magazines and newspapers such as the New York Times, the Sunday Times of London, Elle, Vogue, and the New York Times Book Review.

In her groundbreaking first novel, Fear of Flying (which has sold twenty-six million copies in more than forty languages), she introduced Isadora Wing, who also plays a central part in three subsequent novels—How to Save Your Own Life, Parachutes and Kisses, and Any Woman's Blues. In her three historical novels—Fanny, Shylock's
...more

Average rating: 3.47 · 52,367 ratings · 6,118 reviews · 119 distinct worksSimilar authors
Fear of Flying

3.48 avg rating — 23,501 ratings — published 1973 — 218 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Fear of Dying

3.13 avg rating — 2,265 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
How to Save Your Own Life

by
3.61 avg rating — 1,725 ratings — published 1977 — 65 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Sappho's Leap

3.54 avg rating — 1,513 ratings — published 2003
Rate this book
Clear rating
Fanny: Being the True Histo...

3.80 avg rating — 1,313 ratings — published 1980
Rate this book
Clear rating
Sugar in My Bowl: Real Wome...

3.31 avg rating — 827 ratings — published 2011 — 20 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Seducing the Demon: Writing...

3.72 avg rating — 714 ratings — published 2006 — 18 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Parachutes and Kisses

3.49 avg rating — 736 ratings — published 1984
Rate this book
Clear rating
Witches

by
3.89 avg rating — 632 ratings — published 1981 — 21 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Fear of Fifty: A Midlife Me...

3.55 avg rating — 676 ratings — published 1994 — 51 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Erica Jong…
Fear of Flying How to Save Your Own Life Parachutes and Kisses Fear of Dying
(4 books)
by
3.46 avg rating — 28,226 ratings

Quotes by Erica Jong  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.”
Erica Jong

“I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back....”
Erica Jong

“Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.”
Erica Jong, Fear of Flying

Polls

Which classic book would you like to read with us during September and October? Please vote here.

 
  21 votes, 32.3%

 
  19 votes, 29.2%

 
  10 votes, 15.4%

 
  9 votes, 13.8%

 
  6 votes, 9.2%

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
The Seasonal Read...: This topic has been closed to new comments. FALL CHALLENGE 2009 COMPLETED TASKS 3942 2762 01 déc. 2009 06:01  
SA Book & Challen...: Lauren's Reviews 37 57 10 nov. 2010 14:30  
Cover to Cover Ch...: Darcy's 2010 Book List 50 280 29 déc. 2010 05:07  
100+ Books in 2026: Leslie's 100+ for 2011 44 71 07 oct. 2011 03:25  
College Students! : Fall/Winter 2012-2013: Leader Board and Completed Tasks: 263 187 05 avr. 2013 23:26  
Book Nook Cafe: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 74 236 13 avr. 2013 17:53  


Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Erica to Goodreads.