Magda Szabo

Broschiertes Buch

Iza's Ballad

Beschreibung

When Ettie's husband dies, her daughter Iza insists that her mother give up the family house in the countryside and move to Budapest. Izaâ s Ballad is the story of a woman who loses her lifeâ s companion and a mother trying to get close to a daughter whom she has never truly known.

Autor

Magda Szabó was born in 1917 in Debrecen, Hungary. She began her literary career as a poet. In the 1950s she disappeared from the publishing scene for political reasons and made her living by teaching and translating from French and English. She began writing novels, and in 1978 was awarded the Kossuth Prize, the most prestigious literary award in Hungary. Magda Szabó died in 2007.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House UK / Vintage
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 616706
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 244g
• ISBN-13: 9780099532385
• ISBN-10: 0099532387
• Artikelnr.: 42679258

Rezensionen

[A] heartbreakingly beautiful novel... George Szirtes conveys both the sophistication and simplicity of Szabó's narrative in a superb translation... Humble, wistful Ettie is a wonderful creation... Just as The Door won an immediate English-language following, Iza's Ballad is bound to become one of the most loved books of the year... This publication of Iza's Ballad, subtle and profound, is a cause for celebration Irish Times