Magda Szabo
The Fawn
The Fawn
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Magda Szabo is a Hungarian writer who is longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2023. Her fiction shows the travails of modern Hungarian history from oblique but sharply illuminating angles. Eszter Encsy is an acclaimed actress who grew up poor and painfully aware of it in a provincial Hungarian town. She hates Angela, her former classmate and the wife of her lover, due to her resentment and envy. The Fawn embraces the lies and falsehoods people were obliged to live with in those nightmarish times and displays Szabo's uncanny ability to convey how the past can haunt and consume us.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 02 February 2023
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Magda Szabo, a prominent writer of the 20th century from Hungary, has been recognized with the prestigious Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2023. Her fiction offers a unique and insightful perspective on modern Hungarian history, revealing the struggles and challenges of the nation through oblique yet illuminating angles.
Eszter Encsy, an acclaimed actress known for her humor, wit, and quick-wittedness, portrays a character who, despite achieving success in adulthood, continues to crave acceptance of herself as she truly is and of the person she has been. Growing up as the only child of an impoverished aristocrat and a struggling music teacher, Eszter faced poverty and a deep sense of awareness of her circumstances in a provincial Hungarian town.
The resentment and envy she experienced during her childhood have transformed into an obsessive hatred for Angela, her former classmate and the wife of the man who becomes her lover. Set against the backdrop of newly communist 1950s Hungary, The Fawn delves into the lies and falsehoods people were compelled to live with during those nightmarish times, showcasing Szabo's remarkable ability to convey how the past can haunt and consume us.
Translated from the Hungarian by Len Rix, The Fawn is a testament to Szabo's literary prowess and her ability to capture the essence of a complex historical period. Her work continues to resonate with readers worldwide, earning her well-deserved recognition and acclaim.
Weight: 296g
Dimension: 215 x 136 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529425642
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