Magda Szabó Pořadí knih

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.

Igazán különleges, ünnepi olvasmány ez a Szabó Magda karácsonyi írásait - novelláit, verseit - tartalmazó kötet, melynek egy része most először lát könyvben napvilágot.

The lives of three intertwined families in prewar Budapest are shattered in the German occupation - by the bestselling author of THE DOOR.

Queen Iris is delighted when the all-knowing wondrous fig tree, which stands in the middle of Fairyland, gives her Lala on her coronation day. But Lala is no ordinary fairy child. He shows very little interest in the spells he learns in fairy school and prefers the company of humans, befriending a recently orphaned girl, Beata, and her uncle. The queen hopes her sons behavior will improve after she marries Amalfi, the captain of the palace guard, who already loves the prince as his own.Meanwhile the power-hungry Adderpater, wizard, scholar, and coregent of the land, identifies the cause of the princes strange behavior: Lala has a human heart. The punishment for having a human organ is cruel in Fairyland. Iris will do anything to save her son, even marry the ancient wizard and banish Gigi, the truth-telling unicorn. Will the lights of Fairyland go out forever? Or will Lalas human heart give him the courage to restore justice and happiness?

When Ettie's husband dies, her daughter Iza insists that her mother give up the family house in the countryside and move to Budapest. Displaced from her community and her home, Ettie tries to find her place in this new life, but can't seem to get it right. She irritates the maid, hangs food outside the window because she mistrusts the fridge and, in her naivety and loneliness, invites a prostitute in for tea. Iza’s Ballad is the story of a woman who loses her life’s companion and a mother trying to get close to a daughter whom she has never truly known. It is about the meeting of the old-fashioned and the modern worlds and the beliefs we construct over a lifetime.

Schöne gebundene Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag. K 30.

Dieser Roman, der auf einer gründlichen Erforschung der Familiengeschichte fußt, stellt über das persönliche Anliegen seiner Verfasserin hinaus ein authentisches Zeitdokument dar, das weniger durch dramatische Handlungsführung als durch genaue Milieuschilderung und Charakterzeichnung besticht.