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"with or without a man,"
The initial response to Ms. Jong takes on, and takes
poet Erica Jong's first novel apart: psychoanalysis\ — a
"Fear of Flying" about a system created by man in
self-styled Jewish princess, his image, and whose male
was essentially in terms of oriented dogma are forever
its strong sexual, scatologi- after used to help interpret
cal language, and its vivid, women to themselves; love,
explicit sexual description. sex, and sexuality (in fan-
Acclaimed by the women's tasy and reality); Jewish
movement for its freedom of identity, Jewish family life
erotic expression, and and Jewish guilt (handed
among the first such state- down to their daughters by
ments by an American each successive generation
woman novelist, the book of mothers in conflict be-
elicited from some less lib- cause of a frustrated urge
erated sources, male and for self-fulfillment, and the
female, more critical res- responsiblity and duty of
family life); and marriage,
ponses.
Now in paperback, and expecially the 'institutional
near, or at the top of the role decreed for American
best seller list since its pub- women in general, and good
lication, "Fear of Flying" Jewish girls in particular.
Here marriage is the.
(Signet) is currently being
discussed by a wider seg- ideal, in which the Jewish
ment of the female commu- wife is expected to be giving,
nity, as well as by an in- loving, understanding, sub-
creasing number of males as missive, undemanding, ac-
a serious statement colt- cepting her role in life, and
cerning not only the nature willing to submerge her per-
of woman's sexuality but sona in her husband's ego,
needs, desires, career and
her entire psyche.
The title is literal, refer- . concept of life, love-and
ring to the heroine's own marriage.
Obviously, many of the
fear of that mode of trans-
heroine's difficulties stem
portation, but on another,
from a family life which,
more meaningful level, it
while materially and cultur-
represents a fear of soar-
ally advantaged, never
ing, of being free, and, by
extension, of life and liv- . comes to grips with the
ing. Episodic-, quixotic, 'problems of either male or
Jewish identity.
almost picaresque, this
The mother, preten-
novel details the struggle
tiously intellectual and self-
by a young intellectual,
consciously ecumenical, ce-
troubled, twice married
Jewish American girl to, lebrates Christmas and
Easter as amusing cultural
overcome that fear.
In the course of this self-
examination on the road
towards fulfillment and the
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Erica Jong's 'Fear of Flying' Novel
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events, though no mention
is made of Jewish holidays.
The father, a loved but sha-
dowy figure, plays little or
no role at all.
Of the four poetically
named daughters, only, one
marries within the faith to
an Israeli, another chooses
a Lebanese Arab and a life
in Beirut and a third mar-
ries an amitious black doc-
tor whine idea of heaven is
to be a secure member of
the white establishment.
And of course, the heroine,
who opts for marriage but
neither time Jewish.
Given all this background,.
it is nothing short of mirac-
ulous she survives, not only
the deception and cruelty of
her affair, but finds, if not
fulfillment, the strength
and courage to return to her
loving but embittered
Chinese husband with more
understanding of herself
and of him in the hope of
salvation.
Admittedly, while this
occasionally - witty, fre-
quently funny book has,
depending on one's inhibi-
tions and sensibilities, the
power to shock and offend,
it also has the power to puz-
zle and provoke.
Assuming that one can
cope with the free and unin-
hibited language and vivid
descriptions, and allowing
that the author cannot and
does not speak for all
women, there is much in
this book that can speak to
most women.
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