The Fawn

Informationen zum Autor Magda Szabó was born in Debrecen, eastern Hungary, in 1917, and began her working life as a teacher. From 1949 onwards her work was banned, but she burst onto the literary scene in 1958 with the publication of Fresco and The Dawn. The Fawn was first published in 1959, Katalin Street in 1969 and Abigail in 1970. In 1987, publication of The Door brought her international recognition and was the winner of the Prix Femina and the Mondello Prize. She died in 2007. In 2016 The Door was chosen as Best Book of the Year by the New York Times . Klappentext By Hungary's most celebrated woman writer, a novel about how little we understand ourselves, let alone others, and in consequence how easily we fail, or even betray, those we love. Vorwort By Hungary's most celebrated woman writer, a novel about how little we understand ourselves, let alone others, and in consequence how easily we fail, or even betray, those we love. Zusammenfassung By Hungary's most celebrated woman writer, a novel about how little we understand ourselves, let alone others, and in consequence how easily we fail, or even betray, those we love.

Product details

• Authors: Magda Szabo, Magda Szabó
• Assisted by: Len Rix (Translation), Rix Len (Translation)
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.02.2023
• EAN: 9781529425642
• ISBN: 978-1-5294-2564-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 214 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; First World War, Fiction in translation, HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary, FICTION / Historical / World War I, Hungary, First World War fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War I