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Freskó / Mózes egy, huszonkettő

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Az emberi sorsokat gúzsba kötő, szorongató múlttal szállnak szembe Szabó Magda regényeinek hősei.
A remekbe szabott Freskó Annuskája egy hazug, képmutató örömöt és szeretetet nélkülöző világból szökött meg, hogy megvalósíthassa élete nagy álmát: festő lehessen. Kilenc év múlva hazamegy anyja temetésére, s a regényben megelevenednek a cselédház falára festett freskó alakjai. Feltárul a négy generáció élete, a múlt hazugságait, görcseit feloldani nem tudó könyörtelen öregeké, a közönybe, tehetetlenségbe süppedő fiataloké. Megértjük, miért kellett Annuskának innen megszöknie, s miért kell a temetés után újra felszállnia a vonatra: most már végérvényesen és visszavonhatatlanul hátat fordítani Tarbának a múltnak.
A Mózes egy, huszonkettő fiatal hősei az idősebb nemzedékkel szállnak szembe. Megteszik azt, amit a bibliai Izsák nem tett meg Mózes első könyvének huszonkettedik részében: fellázadnak, nem óhjtanak áldozatok lenni szüleik elhibázott életének oltárán. Ezek a fiatalok nem tudják megadni szüleiknek azt , amivel azoknak az élet tartozik. És nem is akarják. Őket már nem nyomasztják a múlt emlkékei, ők már megalkuvás nélkül mernek és tudnak élni, vállalni önmagukat, alakítani sorsukat. És ehhez nincs szükségük az öregek tanácsaira, tapasztalataira, regulázó szigorára.
Szabó Magda fojtott atmoszférájú feszültségektől sistergő történetiben most is páratlan érzékkel megrajzolt figurákkal találkozhatunk. A Freskó Annuskája pedig mai irodamunk egyik legszebb, legemlékezetesebb nőalakja.

514 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1979

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Magda Szabó

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Magda Szabó was a Hungarian writer, arguably Hungary's foremost female novelist. She also wrote dramas, essays, studies, memories and poetry.

Born in Debrecen, Szabó graduated at the University of Debrecen as a teacher of Latin and of Hungarian. She started working as a teacher in a Calvinist all-girl school in Debrecen and Hódmezővásárhely. Between 1945 and 1949 she was working in the Ministry of Religion and Education. She married the writer and translator Tibor Szobotka in 1947.

She began her writing career as a poet, publishing her first book Bárány ("Lamb") in 1947, which was followed by Vissza az emberig ("Back to the Human") in 1949. In 1949 she was awarded the Baumgarten Prize, which was--for political reasons--withdrawn from her on the very day it was given. She was dismissed from the Ministry in the same year.

During the establishment of Stalinist rule from 1949 to 1956, the government did not allow her works to be published. Since her unemployed husband was also stigmatized by the communist regime, she was forced to teach in an elementary school during this period.

Her first novel, Freskó ("Fresco"), written in these years was published in 1958 and achieved overwhelming success among readers. Her most widely read novel, Abigél ("Abigail", 1970), is an adventure story about a schoolgirl boarding in eastern Hungary during the war.

She received several prizes in Hungary, and her works have been published in 42 countries. In 2003, she was the winner of the French literary prize Prix Femina Étranger for the best foreign novel.

Her novel Abigél was popularized through a much-loved television series in 1978. Abigél was also chosen as the sixth most popular novel at the Hungarian version of Big Read. Her three other novels that were in the top 100 are Für Elise , An Old-Fashioned Story , and The Door .

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Two amazing stories about weird families. But make no mistake, these are not extraordinary situations, they could be anyone's family. Great lessons about parenting and trying not always to believe what the surface shows.
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