Acts of Love by Elia Kazan

Acts of Love by Elia Kazan

An odyssey of the heart begins the moment theater director Lucas Cameron discovers a box of letters written to his now-deceased grandmother by her prot g , Jessica Fontaine. Jessica disappeared from the stage years before, following a tragic accident. Through her letters, Lucas comes to fall in love with this passionate, talented woman, and seeks her out - only to find a bitter recluse whose hopes and desires have been crushed by fate. Although she refuses to return to New York and the life she abandoned, Jessica and Lucas begin a correspondence that strengthens and sustains her. This lifeline helps her to return to the career from which she was cruelly wrenched, and to the man who steadfastly loves and believes in her. One hesitant step at a time, she begins her journey back to her art, and to a life where anything - even love - is possible.

Elia Kazan was born in 1909 in Istanbul. He graduated from Williams College and attended the Yale School of Drama before joining the Group Theatre. He was the founder of the Actors Studio, and he won three Tony Awards for direction (for All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, and J.B.) and two Academy Awards (for Gentleman's Agreement and On the Waterfront), as well as an honorary Oscar in 1999 for lifetime achievement. He died in September 2003.
Robert Cornfield worked with Joshua Logan on Logan's autobiography, Josh, and edited The Dance Writings of Edwin Denby; his reviews and articles have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Observer.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780394425245
ISBN 10	0394425243
Title	Acts of Love
Author	Elia Kazan
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House Inc (T)
Year published	1978-01-01
Number of pages	435
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