![]() “Fear of Flying” is a novel about many things besides sex. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark places where it leads.” Later she would say “Everyone has talent. Sometimes that gloomy conviction made it easier to write honestly, about certain things, the most notorious of which was her interest in “the zipless fuck” a fantasy of love-making with a handsome stranger purely for pleasure: no getting to know him, no ulterior motives or power games. Her heart was pounding, she wanted to turn back, but she felt ‘You must go ahead.’ She tried to calm herself by saying that no publisher was going to risk publishing this book. ![]() Sometimes she wrote with crazed precision and at other times she laughed hysterically and had a ball. ![]() Jong hoped she was claiming new territory as she wrote the novel. Flying to Vienna was hard for Isadora Wing ![]()
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