Sappho's Leap
A Historical, Fantasy, Feminism book. I loved Aphrodite from the first and steeped myself in her legends. My mother...
Sappho's Leap is a journey back 2,600 years to inhabit the mind of the greatest love poet the world has ever known. At the age of fourteen, Sappho is seduced by the beautiful poet Alcaeus, plots with him to overthrow the dictator of their island, and is caught and married off to a repellent older man in hopes that matrimony will keep her out of trouble. Instead, it starts her off on a series of amorous adventures with both men and women, taking her from Delphi to Egypt, and even to the Land of the Amazons and the shadowy realm of Hades.Erica Jong—always our keenest-eyed chronicler of the wonders and vagaries of sex and love—has found the perfect subject for a witty and sensuous tale of a passionate woman ahead of her time. A generation of readers who have been moved to laughter and recognition by Jong's heroines will be enchanted anew by her re-creation of the immortal poet.
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 352 pages
- ISBN: 9780393325614 / 0
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But if the gods do not exist at all - then we are lost,' I said.On the contrary - we are found!' said Aesop.But when we are afraid, who can we turn to, if not the gods?'Ourselves. We turn to ourselves anyway. We only pretend there are gods and that they care about us. It is a comforting falsehood. Erica Jong, Sappho's Leap Great loves have legs and wings. They are substantial. They do not dissapate so easily... Great loves have staying power. Or so I told myself. Erica Jong, Sappho's Leap Without the gods, how would I sing?' I asked.With your own voice,' he said. Erica Jong, Sappho's Leap
Upon discussion with friends and through perusing way more reader reviews on this website than I have time for, it has been decided that Erica Jong is a genius-- but only her early years.Erica Jong's ability to wield words like a sword is incredible. Her poetry is magnificent (my next tattoo will most likely be one of her verses, if... I have always been a fan of Greek mythology. Although I'd never heard of Sappho until discovering this novel more than a year ago, I've come to appreciate the attention Jong gives to Sappho's life and poetry.The novel moves quickly and is just what I've come to expect from this author's writing. The prose is witty, sensual and retrospective... The first half feels like the more fanciful, mythic side of Herodotus - cosmopolitan, extravagant - but in the second half (after Sappho's trip to the Land of the Dead) it just gets silly. Also I couldn't help thinking that Sappho's relationships with men tended to be more romantic and those with women more purely sexual, and I'm not...
