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Abigail by Magda Szabó — book review
“In later years, whenever she dreamed of the fortress and the city the wind would always be present, moving restlessly among human figures obscurely glimpsed in the haze.” Abigail follows fourteen-year-old Gina Vitay’s time as a Matula student in the months leading to the German occupation of Hungary. First published fifty years ago, its English…
1940s, 20th century, 3rd pov, 4 STARS, Abigail, academia, all girls school, beautiful prose, boarding/private school, BOOK REVIEWS, bullying, CLASSICS, coming of age, female authors, female friendships, friendships, HISTORICAL FICTION, hungarian author, hungary, introspective, Len Rix, LITERARY FICTION, Magda Szabó, MEMORY, modern classics, MYSTERY, psychological, published in 1970, read in 2020, Religion, teachers, TRANSLATED FICTION, WWII