Shylock’s Daughter: A Tale of Love in Venice, by Erica Jong
“Jong writes wonderfully in the language of the past, capturing its rhythm and vocabulary while adding a modern twist.
Jong the novelist is playful, sometimes bawdy— but Jong the poet also leaves her shimmery touch on this delightful fantasy.”
--Library Journal
A most excellent historical romance from the one and only Erica Jong; Shylock’s Daughter is my favorite of her novels.
Movie star Jessica Pruitt goes to Italy for the Venice film festival, and gets pulled back in time to the sixteenth century. She has an affair with a traveling, bi-sexual William Shakespeare, and inspires his Merchant of Venice, while being equally creatively inspired herself.
Full of sensuality and wit; at once fantastical and breathing, Jong brings Venice in its grandeur to life.
Narrated by Susan Varon, who memorably narrated Joan Didion's White Album.
