{"product_id":"izas-ballad-new-york-review-books-classics","title":"Iza's Ballad (New York Review Books Classics)","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Vince, a courageous magistrate and beloved husband, dies, his widow Ettie leaves her small provincial home to live with her daughter Iza in Budapest. Ettie is proud of Iza, a successful doctor and former resistance fighter, and is eager to do whatever her daughter thinks is best. Iza, in turn, believes she is caring for her mother exactly as she should.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut mother and daughter come from profoundly different worlds. Ettie’s life has been shaped by hardship, tradition, marriage, and sacrifice, while Iza belongs to a rapidly modernizing postwar Hungary. Despite their love and good intentions, they struggle to understand one another, and their attempts to care for each other gradually widen the distance between them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMagda Szabó (1917–2007) was one of Hungary’s most celebrated writers. She wrote novels, poetry, memoir, and children’s literature, and received numerous literary honors, including the Kossuth Prize. Her novels \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Door\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKatalin Street\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIza’s Ballad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e have brought her work an international readership.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGeorge Szirtes is a Hungarian-born British poet, writer, and translator. He translated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIza’s Ballad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e from the Hungarian and provides the introduction to this edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew York Review Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOctober 18, 2016\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e352\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSubjects\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBehind the Iron Curtain · Literary Fiction · Hungarian Literature · Fiction in Translation · Family · Mother-Daughter Relationships · Postwar Europe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9781681370347\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67677795123382,"sku":"9781681370347","price":27.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9781681370347.jpg?v=1792423079","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/izas-ballad-new-york-review-books-classics","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}