A cult coming-of-age novel by the multi-award winning author of THE DOOR and KATALIN STREET.
This cult coming-of-age novel is translated from the original Hungarian, with Len Rix capturing Szabo's command of imagery and suspense. Gina is transported from carefree Budapest to boarding school, finding solace in the company of a statue on the school grounds. The mysteries behind the real-life Abigail captured in stone present themselves as Gina begins to establish her own place in the world.
Abigail demonstrates her enormous range . . . The pleasure of reading Szabo is partly dependent on her intricate plotting. This is especially true of
Abigail . . . Szabo operates with the patience of an analyst allowing her characters to delineate the shape of their own wounds, to direct their own healing.
