An American Woman

by Kati Marton

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393024202
• ISBN13: 9780393024203
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An intriguing story about socialist Hungary

"An American Woman" tells the story of Anna Bator, a Hungarian-born woman who emigrated to America at a young age with her parents after they were arrested as spies. Now a grown woman with a successful career as a television journalist, Anna returns to Hungary to search for answers about her past. This book is a very engaging story about the Cold War, and Kati Marton does a good job of illustrating the differences between American mentalities and the brutal politics and hostilities of Eastern Europe. I enjoyed the three different love stories depicted in the book: Anna's relationship with her lover, her parents, and her heritage. There's a major twist at the end of the book which was not at all what I anticipated, but I really enjoyed it. "An American Woman" is written in a very straightforward style, but the story is intelligent and rich in historical detail. It's a shame this is Marton's only novel.