Bibliograph

Abigail, by Magda Szabó ; translated by Len Rix

Type

Label

Abigail, by Magda Szabó ; translated by Len Rix

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Abigail

Oclc number

1105750247

Responsibility statement

by Magda Szabó ; translated by Len Rix

Series statement

New York Review Books classics

Summary

"Abigail, the story of a headstrong teenager growing up during World War II, is the most beloved of Magda Szabó's books in her native Hungary. Gina is the only child of a general, a widower who has long been happy to spoil his bright and willful daughter. Gina is devastated when the general tells her that he must go away on a mission and that he will be sending her to boarding school in the country. She is even more aghast at the grim religious institution to which she soon finds herself consigned. She fights with her fellow students, she rebels against her teachers, finds herself completely ostracized, and runs away. Caught and brought back, there is nothing for Gina to do except entrust her fate to the legendary Abigail, as the classical statue of a woman with an urn that stands on the school's grounds has come to be called. If you're in trouble, it's said, leave a message with Abigail and help will be on the way. And for Gina, who is in much deeper trouble than she could possibly suspect, a life-changing adventure is only beginning." --, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adolescent

Classification