Readreadreadread. 2026 will catch up on 2025 and then some. Night stand locked and loaded with #book treats #magdaszabo #eliovittorini #jonfosse #antalszerb #estherkinski et al

Iza’s Ballad by Magda Szabó (Hungary) tr. George Szirtes A few catch up reviews from August 2025’s Women in Translation month. I realised I’ve mentioned them elsewhere but not here. The link above has a summary of all the novels I read during…

Widowed, Ettie moves from the village to Iza's Budapest apartment; she struggles to find her place amid a modern lifestyle.

Mother daughter tension; a subtly observed decline, hastened by modernity, having it all and losing purpose.

Iza's Ballad by #MagdaSzabo

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…had some eternal score to settle with the edge of the land. 2/2 #quote #MagdaSzabo, #KatalinStreet

She's truly brilliant. Still thinking of her novel #IzasBallad of individuals living in post-Communism era Hungary. #MagdaSzabo

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