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Overview"Faced with fascism, communism, and the 1956 Revolution, Csaba Teglas responded with ingenuity and hope. In """"Budapest Exit"""", he tells the story of his twenty-year quest for freedom. Teglas rummaged the scrap heap of World War II for anything he could sell to get food money for his family. The income from selling bits of rubber and ball bearings was often the family's only sustenance. Teglas and his family and friends lived in constant fear; some were even subjected to communist jails and torture chambers. Teglas protested, sometimes quietly, sometimes more vocally, against the Soviet and communist presence in Hungary. During the 1956 revolution, he became more involved in the opposition. When it became clear that the revolutionaries would not succeed, he knew he had to leave. Teglas recounts his dramatic escape through the heavily guarded Iron Curtain and his subsequent journey to North America, where life as an immigrant presented new challenges. This memoir is Csaba Teglas' personal story of his youth, told from the point of view of a man with sons of his own. He found in America the freedom for which he had been searching, but he has raised his American sons to remain proud of their Hungarian heritage." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Csaba TeglasPublisher: Texas A & M University Press Imprint: Texas A & M University Press Volume: No. 7 Dimensions: Width: 14.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.20cm Weight: 0.231kg ISBN: 9781585446407ISBN 10: 1585446408 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 30 November 2007 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsCsaba Teglas's fascinating and affecting autobiographical text is . . . a testimony to man's irrepressible yearning for freedom. With tender perception and verve, Teglas penetrates with sharp glimpses into the world of Gyorgy Konrad and Milan Kundera, the cursed Central European fate. . . . Among the numerous memoirs and reminiscences penned by Hungarian-Americans, Teglas's account stands out as the most sincere, credible, and least pretentious text. --Clara Gyorgyey, President, Writers in Exile Center of International PEN """Csaba Teglas's fascinating and affecting autobiographical text is . . . a testimony to man's irrepressible yearning for freedom. With tender perception and verve, Teglas penetrates with sharp glimpses into the world of Gyorgy Konrad and Milan Kundera, the cursed Central European fate. . . . Among the numerous memoirs and reminiscences penned by Hungarian-Americans, Teglas's account stands out as the most sincere, credible, and least pretentious text.""--Clara Gyorgyey, President, Writers in Exile Center of International PEN" Author InformationCSABA TEGLAS is a retired city planning consultant. He has lived in White Plains, New York, with his Scottish-born wife, Rowena, since 1967. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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