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Reviews
Szabó's prose is a powerful reminder of just how resonant the relationship between language and memory can be
Magda Szabó's fiction shows the travails of modern Hungarian history from oblique but sharply illuminating angles
One of Hungary's most important twentieth-century writers
Magda Szabó's work casts an indirect light upon the dimness that exists between our public and private selves, a place wherein our betrayals-both personal and political-flicker uneasily over the walls
What distinguishes this novel from being a fairy tale is its psychological complexity