Abigail

Magda Szabo (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2020
NYRB Classics (Verlag)
978-1-68137-403-1 (ISBN)

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Abigail, the story of a headstrong teenager growing up during World War II, is the most beloved of Magda Szabó’s books in her native Hungary. Gina is the only child of a general, a widower who has long been happy to spoil his bright and willful daughter. Gina is devastated when the general tells her that he must go away on a mission and that he will be sending her to boarding school in the country. She is even more aghast at the grim religious institution to which she soon finds herself consigned. She fights with her fellow students, she rebels against her teachers, finds herself completely ostracized, and runs away. Caught and brought back, there is nothing for Gina to do except entrust her fate to the legendary Abigail, as the classical statue of a woman with an urn that stands on the school’s grounds has come to be called. If you’re in trouble, it’s said, leave a message with Abigail and help will be on the way. And for Gina, who is in much deeper trouble than she could possibly suspect, a life-changing adventure is only beginning.

There is something of Jane Austen in this story of the deceptiveness of appearances; fans of J.K. Rowling are sure to enjoy Szabó’s picture of irreverent students, eccentric teachers, and boarding-school life. Above all, however, Abigail is a thrilling tale of suspense.

Erscheinungsdatum	28.01.2020
Übersetzer	Len Rix
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	128 x 203 mm
Gewicht	346 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Historische Romane
	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-68137-403-X / 168137403X
ISBN-13	978-1-68137-403-1 / 9781681374031
Zustand	Neuware