Magda Szabó

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• Abigél

  In English

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  Warwick Prize 2020 · Shortlist

  Abigail

  Abigél

  Magda Szabó · 53 when first published

  Novel · 448 pages · Coming of age, War

  Translated by Len Rix

  AIAI-generated summary:In the autumn of 1943, Gina, the pampered daughter of General Vitay, is suddenly taken from her home and school in Budapest, without goodbyes, and placed in a strict girls' boarding school in the provincial town of Árkod.

• Katalin utca

  In English

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  Warwick Prize 2019 · Shortlist

  Katalin Street

  Katalin utca

  Magda Szabó · 52 when first published

  Novel · 248 pages · Family, War

  Translated by Len Rix

  AIAI-generated summary:Three families live in neighbouring houses on a Budapest street, a dentist's, a teacher's with two daughters and an army major's with his son, and their children grow up together until crisis and war test each of them.