Erica Jong’s ‘Fear of Flying’ Is 50. What Happened to Its Dream of Freedom Through Sex?
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With its feminist take on sexual pleasure, Erica Jong’s novel caused a sensation in 1973. But the revolution Jong promoted never came to pass.