by Magda Szabó · Random House · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788439721314
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«La balada de Iza» is the novel by Magda Szabó, published by Random House in paperback (288 pages, in Spanish).
In post-war Hungary, the novel pits two worlds against each other through the relationship between the elderly Mrs Szöcs and her daughter. After the father's death, Iza takes her mother to Budapest, but the old woman cannot adapt to modern life or her daughter's order. The tension grows until the mother returns to her village, with fatal consequences.
Translation from Hungarian by Mária Szijj and José Miguel González Trevejo. Magda Szabó (Debrecen, 1917 – Kerepes, 2007), Hungarian writer, was also an author of theatre, poetry, essays and memoirs.
A read for those who enjoy psychological fiction and stories of family conflicts between mothers and daughters.
Magda Szabó was a Hungarian novelist. Doctor of philology, she also wrote dramas, essays, studies, memoirs, poetry and children's literature. She was a founding member of the Digital Literary Academy, an online digital repository of Hungarian literature. She is the most translated Hungarian author, with publications in 42 countries and over 30 languages.
