The novel quickly became a national sensation, with the public wondering if it was partially autobiographical (Jong maintains it wasn't, but admits that it does include some autobiographical elements). While on a trip with her second husband, Wing takes an opportunity to have a torrid affair with another man, indulging in sexual fantasies that she felt uncomfortable expressing to her spouse.
The novel is narrated by a fictional woman named Isadora Zelda White Stollerman Wing, a 29-year-old poet. Published in 1973, Erica Jong's Fear of Flying resonated with women who felt trapped in sexually unsatisifying marriages.
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