Jong’s passages about the humor and heartbreak of growing older are knowing, soul-bearing, moving and funny. In Flying as in Dying, sex without connection is not the answer. Zipless' potential dates for Vanessa include a relentless sadist, a man who wants to be her personal slave (not as a good as it sounds, warns Isadora) and another who says what she really needs is Jesus. is about as satisfying as Tinder, if you read Vanity Fair’s recent takedown of the sex-swipe site. This time, older and wiser Isadora acts as an adviser and shaman to Vanessa.Īgainst her friend’s advice, Vanessa turns to a website called Zipless, inspired by Isadora’s signature catchphrase (the zipless, uh, sex act), in hopes of finding a discreet gentleman to “celebrate eros one afternoon a week.” Vanessa’s best friend is Isadora Wing, the heroine of Fear of Flying whose pursuit of the magical sexual encounter propelled her into an affair at a therapists’ convention. Vanessa’s parents are declining, as is her beloved dog, Belinda. Asher is 20 years older than Vanessa and they read obits together more often than they make love. Jong’s latest novel, Fear of Dying, is the story of actress Vanessa Wonderman, 60, happily married to the wonderful and wealthy Asher … and longing for more. In her books, Erica Jong tries to give women an authoritative voice by depicting strong heroines who are not afraid to express their sensuality and talk about the issues concerning the contemporary women.Erica Jong’s ribald, raunchy novel Fear of Flying coined an unprintable phrase for sex without emotional entanglement and made her a feminist literary lioness in 1973.

Sex and female sexuality are the core themes in most of Erica Jong’s writings on which she has given talks, has been interviewed and praised by writers like John Updike and Henry Miller. The novel shocked the public for its explicit treatment of women's sexuality and significantly marked the development of the Second Wave Women’s Liberation Movement of the 1960’s as well as the Sexual Revolution. The book, in which she coined a world-known term “zipless fuck” to describe an ideal sexual rendezvous, was translated into 40 languages making the young writer a heroine to millions of female readers worldwide.

Erica Jong (born March 26, 1942, New York), a contemporary American fiction and poetry writer and teacher, is best known for her polemic novel Fear of Flying (1973).

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