Beautifully gifted artist writer with a wry yet good humored, worldview and a penchant for adventure!

Non ho proprio capito il senso di questo libro.. Noioso e basta.
Avevo grandi aspettative e invece..

A woman prepares to perform one of Shakespeare's plays is transported to the time & place it takes place (Merchant of Venice).

But it's not a dream of symptoms of delirium. When she returns to the present she returns with the child she shielded from Christian people who sought his death. The baby was Jewish & Christian. Neither side accepted him although the Jews meant him no direct harm. She awoke with the child and memories of Shakespeare, who was journeying with friend, patron, and lover.

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I cannot let myself continue to ignore writing the review to this book – whoa!

This was indeed one of the best books I have ever read. Erica Jong made her writing filled with a variety of unexpectedly-deep-descriptions, cloudy dreams and heavily conflicting confrontations. Moreover, Shakespeare's works' and plays' are featured through some of the chapters and it made the story look somehow poetical. It was just perfect.

If I had to select one single flaw, that could be what almost everyone that has read this book remarks: the extension of the philosophical discussions that Jong introduces with her narrative – it sometimes felt a little tiring, but I have always admired the whole composition.

What I have enjoyed distinctly the most has to be the two boy bisexual dreamy fantasy that occurs close to the middle part of the book – Jesus Christ! I know I will remember that chapter for the rest of my live. It was truly penetrating.

Overall, this book was a great pleasure to read and although I might've changed the way the story turns at the end, this book has made its spot on my heart.

Definitely 4.5 out of 5

adored the writing style, but the story itself lost me in the last third

The adjectives crash, throb, flood and drown the entire story to the point I cannot help but laugh and throw the entire sorry mess in the garbage can. What a shame - I absolutely loved 'Fear of Flying'

Poesia e lirismo a enésima potência ou esnobismo e prepotência literária? Já é o terceiro livro que leio dessa autora e não consigo chegar a uma conclusão.

Érica Jong faz parte da geração de escritores estadunidenses que agonizava em seus protestos de revolução sexual, filosofia liberal e a moda da psicanálise. Você irá achar tudo isso em seus textos - interessante para alguns, mas pode ser um verdadeiro porre para quem discorde ou simplesmente não se importe com esse tipo de intimismo.

Pois Sereníssima, com suas descrições e acontecimentos rápidos e mirabolantes é acima de tudo um livro intimista. Não espere uma riqueza estilo Clarice Lispector, Erica Jong não chega a esse naipe, mas pode facilmente te prender pela emoção, que como a nossa escritora, faz questão de exsudar no livro.

A protagonista se envolve num tórrido e surreal caso com ninguém mais, ninguém menos que Willian Shakespeare, e numa delicada mistura de sonetos, trechos e crítica tece uma trama que não é inteiramente original, mas que tem um forte gosto de saudosismo artístico.

Ame ou odeie, sua impressão será formada mais pela autora, que usa a auto-inserção como se fosse o pão-nosso-de-cada-dia, do que pela história em si.

I wanted to like this book, to enjoy it. But the writing was so repetitive that I found myself skimming. I got tired of the endless descriptions of what people were wearing and of Jessica's emotional baggage. And the plot... half-way through (literally) I was still waiting for a plot to emerge. When I finally got to Will, I was disappointed. He turned out to be a spineless follower and, although he and Jessica are supposed to be passionately, madly in love, the chemistry didn't come through for me.

The only saving grace for me was that some of the minor characters were well drawn, interesting, and/or humorous. Even the city of Venice was more interesting than the story itself. I got a real feel for its history and the maze-like quality of its canals, streets, and alley-ways.

Intriguing novel involving Shakespeare and time-travel, with the unforgettable admonition, from a female to a male, that "You are much closer to any man on earth, than to the woman you love."--or something to that effect. Anyway, I gained an instant respect for Erica and to any man mature enough to heed her message.

Fun, quick read, especially if you love Shakespeare.

Yet another strange little book I chose from my inherited collection simply because it was slim (before our trip) . . . it was compelling and right up my alley (Venice, Shakespeare), but also weird.