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The Door

by Magda Szabó, Len Rix, Ali Smith
The Door - Thryft
The Door - Thryft

Complex tale of companionship and secret pasts.

If the intertwining lives of two starkly different women pique your interest, "The Door" is a compelling read. Magda Szabo crafts a narrative that delves into the complexities of human relationships and how interdependence can shape our lives. The emotional depth and the intricate dynamics between Magda and Emerence offer a profound reflection on love and the surprising revelations that can emerge even from a seemingly mundane household connection.

  • Prix Femina for Étranger (2003)
  • Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2006)
  • Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize (2006)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Door

by Magda Szabó, Len Rix, Ali Smith
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ISBN: 9781590177716
Authors: Magda Szabó, Len Rix, Ali Smith
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Date of Publication: 2015-01-27
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature, Classics
Goodreads rating: 4.1
(rated by 27845 readers)

Description

The Door is an unsettling exploration of the relationship between two very different women. Magda is a writer, educated, married to an academic, public-spirited, with an on-again-off-again relationship to Hungary’s Communist authorities. Emerence is a peasant, illiterate, impassive, abrupt, seemingly ageless. She lives alone in a house that no one else may enter, not even her closest relatives. She is Magda’s housekeeper and she has taken control over Magda’s household, becoming indispensable to her. And Emerence, in her way, has come to depend on Magda. They share a kind of love—at least until Magda’s long-sought success as a writer leads to a devastating revelation. Len Rix’s prizewinning translation of The Door at last makes it possible for American readers to appreciate the masterwork of a major modern European writer. An NYRB Classics Original
 

Complex tale of companionship and secret pasts.

If the intertwining lives of two starkly different women pique your interest, "The Door" is a compelling read. Magda Szabo crafts a narrative that delves into the complexities of human relationships and how interdependence can shape our lives. The emotional depth and the intricate dynamics between Magda and Emerence offer a profound reflection on love and the surprising revelations that can emerge even from a seemingly mundane household connection.

  • Prix Femina for Étranger (2003)
  • Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2006)
  • Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize (2006)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.