Remove the Trouble from Your Heart
Esther Pasztory sought refuge in the United States after the 1956 anti-communist revolution in Hungary. Her memoir chronicles the difficulty of straddling two cultures both personally and professionally and Pasztory's escape into a third, ancient culture where she felt her spirit was free to roam. Interweaving her work with the Aztec and Incan history with her past experiences in Hungary and her present life in America. Her story will appeal not only to readers who wrestle with their dual heritage but also to historians who seek an intimate account of post-communist Hungary.
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Remove the Trouble from Your Heart
Esther Pasztory sought refuge in the United States after the 1956 anti-communist revolution in Hungary. Her memoir chronicles the difficulty of straddling two cultures both personally and professionally and Pasztory's escape into a third, ancient culture where she felt her spirit was free to roam. Interweaving her work with the Aztec and Incan history with her past experiences in Hungary and her present life in America. Her story will appeal not only to readers who wrestle with their dual heritage but also to historians who seek an intimate account of post-communist Hungary.
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Remove the Trouble from Your Heart

Remove the Trouble from Your Heart

by Esther Pasztory
Remove the Trouble from Your Heart

Remove the Trouble from Your Heart

by Esther Pasztory

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Overview

Esther Pasztory sought refuge in the United States after the 1956 anti-communist revolution in Hungary. Her memoir chronicles the difficulty of straddling two cultures both personally and professionally and Pasztory's escape into a third, ancient culture where she felt her spirit was free to roam. Interweaving her work with the Aztec and Incan history with her past experiences in Hungary and her present life in America. Her story will appeal not only to readers who wrestle with their dual heritage but also to historians who seek an intimate account of post-communist Hungary.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780880336277
Publisher: East European Monographs
Publication date: 01/05/2009
Series: East European Monograph , #729
Pages: 120
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Esther Pasztory is Lisa and Bernard Selz Professor in Pre-Columbian Art History at Columbia University.
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