The bestselling New Yorker author listed the luxurious 27-floor high apartment at just over US$4 million, offering potential buyers a chance to purchase a space which has played host to a generation of artists and celebrities alike.
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American feminist literature pioneer Erica Jong is putting up her Manhattan home for sale at a handsome price of US$4.25 million. The author?s white-glove apartment sits on the coveted 27th floor of a former hotel right in the heart of the Upper East Side. With the space measuring at nearly 3000 square feet and boasting wide open panoramic views of the New York City skyline to the west, north and south, the listing is truly a prototypical luxury Manhattan home for those seeking comfort in abundance, ensured privacy and a bird eye?s view of the city all in one.
Jong is native to New York, having established herself as a published poet after earning her master?s degree in 18th century literature from Columbia University ? an achievement atypical for women at the time. She skyrocketed to fame and fortune with her infamous 1973 bestselling novel on the sexual revolution of the 70s, Fear of Flying. Apart from giving voice to a generation of women feeling stuck and entrapped by the parochial value systems of a world which had not yet become familiar with feminist thought, Jong also became a model of female empowerm...