by Erica Jong · ALFAGUARA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788420429731
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«Bendita memoria» is Erica Jong's novel, published by Alfaguara in hardback (412 pages, in Spanish).
Four women from a Jewish family that emigrated from Russia to the US drive the plot: Sarah Sofía, who arrives at the start of the 20th century; her daughter, marked by exile; her granddaughter, a singer in the 1960s; and her great-granddaughter Sara, who reconstructs family memory. The novel explores mother-daughter relationships, the role of women, and memory.
Original title: Of Blessed Memory. The Spanish edition from Alfaguara was published in 1999.
Erica Jong is an American novelist, satirist, and poet known particularly for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying. The book became famously controversial for its attitudes towards female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. The Washington Post said in 2013 that it had sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, while by 2022, The New York Times reported that worldwide sales of the book had increased to over 37 million copies.
