{"product_id":"the-fawn","title":"The Fawn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEszter Encsy has spent a lifetime collecting grievances. Once a lonely child growing up in poverty in provincial Hungary, she has reinvented herself as a celebrated actress in postwar Budapest. Yet success has done little to quiet the bitterness she carries toward the people who shaped her life, especially Angela, the beautiful and effortlessly kind classmate whose compassion became a source of humiliation rather than comfort. Over the course of a single day, Eszter recounts the memories, betrayals, and resentments that have defined her, forcing both herself and the reader to confront the devastating weight of a life lived in anger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with extraordinary psychological depth, \u003cem\u003eThe Fawn\u003c\/em\u003e is one of Magda Szabó's most piercing novels. Through Eszter's fiercely intelligent, unreliable voice, Szabó explores class, shame, envy, love, and the lasting wounds left by war and political upheaval. At once intimate and unsettling, it is a remarkable portrait of how bitterness can become both a prison and a form of identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMagda Szabó (1917–2007) is widely regarded as one of Hungary's greatest twentieth-century writers. The author of novels, poetry, essays, and plays, her work has been translated into more than forty languages. Internationally celebrated for \u003cem\u003eThe Door\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAbigail\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKatalin Street\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eIza's Ballad\u003c\/em\u003e, Szabó is renowned for her psychologically rich portraits of women and her exploration of memory, history, and moral complexity. This edition is translated by the award-winning translator Len Rix.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNYRB Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarch 28, 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e288\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiterary Fiction · Fiction in Translation · Hungarian Literature · Psychological Fiction · Modern Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9781681377377\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276331704502,"sku":"9781681377377","price":23.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9781681377377.jpg?v=1784734050","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/the-fawn","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}