Sappho's Leap
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Sappho's Leap

A Novel

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Sappho's Leap

A Novel

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The #1 New York Times –bestselling author of Fear of Flying brings the seductive Greek poet to life in this " enormously entertaining" tale ( Booklist ).
As she stands poised at the edge of a precipice in the shadow of the sanctuary of Apollo, the greatest love poet who ever was or ever will be recalls the eventful fifty years that have led her to this moment. It was love that seduced her, at age sixteen, into an ill-fated plot with the poet Alcaeus to depose the despot of the island of Lesbos. It was love that made her trade the unwanted marriage bed of an old, despised, and drunken husband for a seemingly endless series of lovers, both male and female.
For Sappho, life has always been a banquet to be savored to the fullest, a strange and sensual odyssey that has carried her to the far corners of the ancient world. Devoted to the goddess Aphrodite and granted the gift of immortal song, she has followed her magnificent destiny from Delphi to Egypt, to the land of the Amazons, the realm of the centaurs, and into the stygian depths of Hades itself, often in the company of her companion and friend, the fabulist slave Aesop.
Through every grand affair and every wild adventure, she has remained forever true to her heart, her passion, and herself, right up to this, the end of everything.
Combining evocative and realistic detail with unabashedly outrageous invention, Erica Jong's Sappho's Leap is a flawless gem of historical fiction boldly imagined by one of America's most enthralling storytellers.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erica Jong including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

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Publisher
Open Road Media
Year
2013
ISBN
9781480438880
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Historical Fiction
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Contents
  6. PROLOGUE: On the Cliff
  7. 1: Legends of Aphrodite
  8. 2: The Groom Comes
  9. 3: Walking Through Fire
  10. 4: Gold Flower
  11. 5: The Priestess of Isis
  12. 6: Messages from the Barbarians
  13. 7: Gold, a Shipwreck, and a Dream
  14. 8: At the Navel of the Earth
  15. 9: Aesop at the Orgy
  16. 10: The Pharaoh's Slave
  17. 11: At Sea
  18. 12: Among the Amazons
  19. 13: The Amazoniad
  20. 14: The Coming of Pegasus
  21. 15: Ghosts
  22. 16: After Hades' Realm
  23. 17: Demeter and Osiris
  24. 18: Sirens
  25. 19: Air, Fire, and Water
  26. 20: Of Love and Serpents
  27. 21: Among the Centaurs
  28. 22: The Eye of Horus
  29. 23: Home
  30. 24: After Timas
  31. 25: The Binding of the Babe
  32. 26: The Curse of Beautiful Men
  33. 27: Sacrifice, A Prayer, A Ring
  34. 28: Kinship
  35. 29: The Great White Rock
  36. EPILOGUE
  37. Author's Afterword
  38. Talking to Aphrodite
  39. A Biography of Erica Jong
  40. Copyright