Sappho's Leap

Sappho's Leap - Paperback

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Sappho's Leap - Paperback

Sappho's Leap - Paperback

by Erica Jong
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by Erica Jong (Author)

Sappho's Leap is a journey back 2,600 years to inhabit the mind of the greatest love poet the world has ever known. At the age of fourteen, Sappho is seduced by the beautiful poet Alcaeus, plots with him to overthrow the dictator of their island, and is caught and married off to a repellent older man in hopes that matrimony will keep her out of trouble. Instead, it starts her off on a series of amorous adventures with both men and women, taking her from Delphi to Egypt, and even to the Land of the Amazons and the shadowy realm of Hades.

Erica Jong--always our keenest-eyed chronicler of the wonders and vagaries of sex and love--has found the perfect subject for a witty and sensuous tale of a passionate woman ahead of her time. A generation of readers who have been moved to laughter and recognition by Jong's heroines will be enchanted anew by her re-creation of the immortal poet.

Number of Pages: 316
Dimensions: 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: May 01, 2004
ISBN9780393325614
Author Erica Jong
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMay 2004
LanguageENG- English
Pages316
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Erica Jong

Erica Jong grew up on Manhattan's Upper West Side and attended Barnard College, where she majored in writing and literature, and she later received her MA in eighteenth-century English literature from Columbia University. She left halfway through the PhD program to write her groundbreaking first novel, Fear of Flying, which went on to sell more than thirty-seven million copies worldwide. She is also the author of many award-winning books of poetry, novels, and nonfiction including Sappho's Leap, Fanny, Any Woman's Blues, Fear of Fifty, and Fear of Dying. She lives in New York City and Connecticut. Her work has had a major impact on women's lives all over the world.

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