Author: KAZAN, ELIA
Title: Acts of Love
Description: New York, Warner Books. 1978. (ISBN: 0446955531) Pbk. Book, "A beautiful and strongly sexual young woman seeks security and certainty within her husband's Greek-American family but is soon on the move again, toward an inevitable final reckoning.The story of two people from different generations, and with two very different perspectives on life, whose destinies become entangled in a tragic and destructive way.Kosta is a conservative Greek immigrant in the United States for whom Greek traditions determine the right path of life for his family. With a steady hand the rather dogmatic man maneuvers the actions of his wife, his son, and his close relatives. He is strict, demanding, and frightening. Kosta also attempts to control the life of his only son, Tedi, until Tedi meets his new bride-to-be, Ethel. Unfortunately, the new bride is far from the obedient Greek wife of the old world. She is emancipated, passionate, impulsive, and stron. Good.

Keywords: 0446955531 Greeks in America Fictopoip


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