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Costas Taktsis

Born

in Thessaloniki, Greece

October 08, 1927

Died

August 25, 1988

Genre

Fiction

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Greek writer. Described as a 'landmark of post-war literature in Greece, Taktsis (Κώστας Ταχτσής) wrote The Third Wedding (Greek: Tο τρίτο στεφάνι) partly in Australia. The book unfolds in the years before and after World War II through the flowing personal narrative of two women: Ekavi and Nina, who speak in a direct and everyday language about what they live through. Unable to find a publisher in Greece he published it at his own expense in 1962. The book has been translated into 18 languages. The French edition was released by Éditions Gallimard in 1967, translated by Jacques Lacarrière. In 1969 it became the first Greek novel published by Penguin Books. A new English translation by John Chioles, was published as The Third Wedding Wreath ...more

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	The Third Wedding 4.15 avg rating — 3,930 ratings — published 1963 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Τα ρέστα by Costas Taktsis, Κώστας Ταχτσής 3.93 avg rating — 396 ratings — published 1970 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Το φοβερό βήμα by Costas Taktsis, Κώστας Ταχτσής, Θανάσης Θ. Νιάρχος (Editor) 4.06 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Η γιαγιά μου η Αθήνα : κι άλλα Κείμενα by Costas Taktsis, Κώστας Ταχτσής, Αλέκος Φασιανός (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1979 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Από την χαμηλή σκοπιά by Costas Taktsis, Κώστας Ταχτσής 3.68 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Το τρίτο στεφάνι από τη μεριά της Νίνας by Costas Taktsis, Κώστας Ταχτσής, Θανάσης Θ. Νιάρχος (Contributor) 4.24 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Καφενείο "Το Βυζάντιο" και άλλα ποιήματα: 1950-1956 by Costas Taktsis, Κώστας Ταχτσής, Αλέξης Ακριθάκης (Illustrator) 3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1972 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ποιήματα. Νέα συγκεντρωτική έκδοση by Costas Taktsis, Δημήτρης Παπανικολάου (Editor), Κώστας Ταχτσής 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ένας Έλληνας δράκος στο Λονδίνο by Costas Taktsis, Κώστας Ταχτσής, Θανάσης Θ. Νιάρχος (Editor) 2.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Συγγνώμην, εσείς δεν είσθε ο κύριος Ταχτσής; by Costas Taktsis, Κώστας Ταχτσής, Θανάσης Θ. Νιάρχος (Editor) 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Suddenly, I could see it all so vividly: the cruelty and inhumanity of self-righteous people, who like to think that they're saints, pure as the driven snow.”
― Costas Taktsis, The Third Wedding

tags: self-righteousness

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“You really liked having him in jail, like people who shut birds up in cages on the excuse that they're protecting them from their enemies.”
― Costas Taktsis, The Third Wedding

tags: cage, jail, protection

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“I'd learned never to be a snob until I got to know a person's worth; and how can you get to know a person well if you don't have coffee together?”
― Costas Taktsis

tags: ekavi, nina, the-third-wedding

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