She follows him around like a pet for 28 days, making more discriminating critics wonder whether she may have had more liberty before she cast off her husband for the man she hoped could provide for her happiness.Īnd therein lies the real problem with the novel. She is delighted by his advances, enough so that she (somewhat reluctantly) gives in to her desire to have brief and anonymous encounter with another man, which she concisely describes as zipless.Įxcept, Goodlove doesn't turn out to be the zipless encounter she had in mind. Goodlove promises to help her out, but it's also very clear that he isn't talking exclusively about the conference. The two of them, Wing and Goodlove, originally meet at a psychology conference where Wing has trouble with her registration.ĭespite working on an article for Voyeur magazine, she doesn't have the right credentials.
For some, it would even help them find their own voices rather than submit to the one society had fashioned for them.įear Of Flying is the tale of a hilarious anti-heroine.Īt the heart of it, Fear Of Flying is about a 29-year-old poet and her decision to trade away her husband for an uninhibited Laingain analyst named Adrian Goodlove. Within the context of that era, the novel becomes an iconic tale of self-discovery, liberation, and womanhood in that it dispelled old stereotypes while granting women permission to be as exuberant about their sex as they might be about their globetrotting adventures. It became a beacon in an era struggling to find a new way of thinking about gender, sexuality, and liberty in society. It became more than the best-selling story of Isadora Wing.
Originally published in 1973 by Holt, Reinhardt and Winston, Fear Of Flying by Erica Jong was the right book at the right time.
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