JONG PENS LUSTY GREEK TALE.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | May 2, 2003| | Copyright

Byline: Eric J. Blommel

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Greek poet Sappho is notorious for her homoerotic poetry about women. But besides her poetry, many of the details about her life 2,600 years ago come from legend. One such legend has it that Sappho leapt to her death because of unrequited love for (ironically) a young man. This leap inspired Erica Jong to write her latest historical fiction.

As Jong admits in the novel's afterward, what remains frustrating for the historian becomes a boon for the novelist. Gaps in knowledge leave her free to craft Sappho ...

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