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Thy Neighbor's Wife is a non-fiction book by Gay Talese, published in 1981 and updated in 2009. The book is an exploration of sexuality in America from after World War II through the 1970s, with notable discussion of the free love subculture. It provides a snapshot of liberated pre-AIDS sexual morality.
Mar 1, 1995 · When Sandstone leader John Williamson forces newcomer John Bullaro's hand, revealing Bullaro's ordinary philandering as it morphs into the catch in his net of open marriage, his wife Barbara Bullaro thinks "Her husband freed her from certain indefinable fears and romantic illusions about sex and body pleasure, as distinguished from the meaning ...
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- Gay Talese
A fascinating personal odyssey into the author's private self as well as a revealing public reflection on American sexuality, Thy Neighbor's Wife changed the way Americans look at themselves and one another.
Apr 14, 2009 · When first published, Gay Talese's 1981 groundbreaking work, Thy Neighbor's Wife, shocked a nation with its powerful, eye-opening revelations about the sexual activities and proclivities of the American public in the era before AIDS. A marvel of journalistic courage and craft, the book opened a window into a new world built on a new moral ...
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Jun 16, 2009 · When first published, Gay Talese's 1981 groundbreaking work, Thy Neighbor's Wife, shocked a nation with its powerful, eye-opening revelations about the sexual activities...
In 1841, in the small Morovian village of Skalni Hradec, Lita, the wife of Town Judge Raphael Vojnar, complains to her stern husband about the public punishment of a woman accused of adultery. Vojnar dismisses Lita's concerns and warns her that if he ever catches her being unfaithful, he will kill her.
When first published, Gay Talese's 1981 groundbreaking work, Thy Neighbor's Wife, shocked a nation with its powerful, eye-opening revelations about the sexual activities and proclivities of the American public in the era before AIDS.
