Found a great new book to read- Sappho's Leap by Erica Jong. Jong is the author of the highly controversial (for its time) Fear of Flying, which was truly a groundbreaking work for its time since it dealt openly with the truths and questions every woman goes through concerning her sexuality.
Sappho's Leap is full of the same kind of ruminations, and Jong writes powerfully beautiful prose about the nature of love, be it between a woman and man or two women, as well as about other kinds of love such as that between mothers and daughters or sisters and brothers.
The ancient Greek poet Sappho is the main character, and through her eyes Jong paints an intricate and intimate picture of how we experience love as human beings. She also creates a detailed fantasy of Sappho's life,about which very little is known, and much is legend, such as the tale that she leapt to her death after being spurned by a younger man.
All in all, I highly recommend it.
