The Resource Abigail, Magda Szabó ; translated from the Hungarian by Len Rix
Abigail, Magda Szabó ; translated from the Hungarian by Len Rix
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The item Abigail, Magda Szabó ; translated from the Hungarian by Len Rix represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- It is late 1943 and Hitler, exasperated by the slowness of his Hungarian ally to act on the "Jewish question" and alarmed by the weakness on his southern flank, is preparing to occupy the country. Foreseeing this, and concerned for his daughter's safety, a Budapest father decides to send her to a boarding school away from the capital. A lively, sophisticated, somewhat spoiled teenager, she is not impressed by the reasons she is given, and when the school turns out to be a fiercely Puritanical one in a provincial city a long way from home, she rebels outright. Her superior attitude offends her new classmates and things quickly turn sour. It is the start of a long and bitter learning curve that will open her eyes to her arrogant blindness to other people's true motives and feelings. Exposed for the first time to the realities of life for those less privileged than herself, and increasingly confronted by evidence of the more sinister purposes of the war, she learns lessons about the nature of loyalty, courage, sacrifice and love
- Language
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- eng
- hun
- eng
- Extent
- 442 pages
- Note
- First published in the Hungarian language as Abigél by Móra in 1970
- Isbn
- 9780857058485
- Label
- Abigail
- Title
- Abigail
- Statement of responsibility
- Magda Szabó ; translated from the Hungarian by Len Rix
- Language
-
- eng
- hun
- eng
- Summary
- It is late 1943 and Hitler, exasperated by the slowness of his Hungarian ally to act on the "Jewish question" and alarmed by the weakness on his southern flank, is preparing to occupy the country. Foreseeing this, and concerned for his daughter's safety, a Budapest father decides to send her to a boarding school away from the capital. A lively, sophisticated, somewhat spoiled teenager, she is not impressed by the reasons she is given, and when the school turns out to be a fiercely Puritanical one in a provincial city a long way from home, she rebels outright. Her superior attitude offends her new classmates and things quickly turn sour. It is the start of a long and bitter learning curve that will open her eyes to her arrogant blindness to other people's true motives and feelings. Exposed for the first time to the realities of life for those less privileged than herself, and increasingly confronted by evidence of the more sinister purposes of the war, she learns lessons about the nature of loyalty, courage, sacrifice and love
- Cataloging source
- SALS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1917-2007
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Szabó, Magda
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from the Hungarian
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Rix, L. B.
- Series statement
- New York Review Books classics
- Series volume
- 30
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Teenage girls
- Privilege (Social psychology)
- Boarding schools
- World War, 1939-1945
- Fathers and daughters
- Schools
- Hungary
- Hungary
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Abigail, Magda Szabó ; translated from the Hungarian by Len Rix
- Note
- First published in the Hungarian language as Abigél by Móra in 1970
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000066470111
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 442 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780857058485
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1081433893
- Label
- Abigail, Magda Szabó ; translated from the Hungarian by Len Rix
- Note
- First published in the Hungarian language as Abigél by Móra in 1970
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000066470111
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 442 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780857058485
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1081433893
Subject
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- Hungary -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction
- Hungary -- Social conditions -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction
- Privilege (Social psychology) -- Fiction
- Schools -- Fiction
- Teenage girls -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Hungary -- Fiction
- Boarding schools -- Fiction
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