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Fear of Dying

Di: Erica Jong
Letto da: Suzanne Toren
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'I loved Fear of Dying. I found it irreverent, funny, tender and very wise and it made me feel more alive' RACHEL JOYCE, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

The new novel from the author of the iconic international bestseller Fear of Flying

'The book that started it all by the woman who started it all' NAOMI WOLF on Fear of Flying

As Vanessa watches her aged parents fade, her daughter prepare for childbirth and her much older husband, Asher, struggle in the throes of open-heart surgery, she dreams of reversing time and becoming young again. With her best years as an actress behind her, she's discovering that beginnings are easy but endings are hard. Could her fountain of youth fantasies be fulfilled on zipless.com, a site inspired by her best friend, Isadora Wing's fantasy of encounters with no consequences? Surrounded by mortality, Vanessa is restless and curious enough to try anything. And she does. But the results make her wonder whether what she craves - sex, love, connection - may be closer at hand than she realises.

Fear of Flying has sold 27 million copies in forty languages. It has been hailed as a classic by scholars. Fear of Dying extends the satire, compassion and wisdom that still captivate readers the world over. It is destined, once again, to change the way we think about our lives.

©2015 Canongate Books Narrativa femminile
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Recensioni della critica

"Jong taps into a wider revolution in older women's lives . . . Fear of Dying examines in minute detail every older woman's anxiety about her body . . . Jong's creating a forum for discussion . . . Older women were also avid readers of Fifty Shades of Grey. After that, what else could shock? Only Erica Jong"
"A wise, warm, witty take on the taboo that replaced sex"
"Vividly written"
"I loved Fear of Dying. I found it irreverent, funny, tender and very wise and it made me feel more alive " (RACHEL JOYCE)
"How she was able to deal with all these sensitive issues and still make the book funny is amazing. I loved reading it" (WOODY ALLEN)
"It's going to happen to all of us and yet talking about it seems taboo. Just as she once ripped the lace modesty vest off sex, Erica Jong has now exposed death in all its immodesty" (SHIRLEY CONRAN)
"Fear of Flying was a liberating hymn to sex: Fear of Dying adds despatches from the dark side and becomes a hymn to love" (Fay Weldon)
"Erica Jong has done it again! Fear of Dying is a big, bawdy, beautifully-written romp through online hookups, female friendships, children grappling with adulthood and parents negotiating with death. Fear of Dying is big, warm-hearted, generous book that will satisfy Jong's longtime fans and delight her new readers" (JENNIFER WEINER)
"Moving and deeply poetic, Fear of Dying is a compelling novel that truly understands the process of aging. With astonishing images on every page, Erica Jong gives us a veiled spiritual autobiography with an unstoppable quality, a narrative momentum that held me from first to last as it seamlessly unfolds from Jong's previous work, yet with sharp new edge, giving us a wise book, a book to savour" (JAY PARINI)
"Erica Jong has written a whip-smart, insightful, hilarious and ridiculously relatable new novel . . . Destined to be called an instant classic, I could not put this stunning book down. In 1973, Fear of Flying was the book we needed, now the book we need is Fear of Dying" (JULIE KLAM)
"Erica Jong fans, rejoice! Her new novel, the cleverly and aptly titled Fear of Dying, is a truth-teller's dream. In it, Jong and her alter egos face life's most difficult challenges, head on and all at once. As the great poet William Butler Yeats wrote, "the only two things worth writing about are sex and death," and in Fear of Dying, Jong takes on both. Along the way, she also tells the story of a marriage that grows happier despite all. This wise book, written in prose gorgeous enough to make one swoon, will delight and enrich the lives of everyone who reads it" (ROSEMARY DANIELL)
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