The door: a novel

Yet there is genuine humor, too, as the very different women interact with each other and with the dog they adopt

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Main Author: Szabó, Magda 1917-2007 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Hungarian
Published: New York Columbia Univ. Press 1994
Series:East European monographs 407
Summary:Yet there is genuine humor, too, as the very different women interact with each other and with the dog they adopt
Abstract:The Door (Az Ajto, 1987) by Magda Szabo is a strong novel about the growing relationship between two women - Magda, a writer, and Emerence, her housekeeper - in the panorama of twentieth century Hungary. Emerence chooses to work for Magda, and a force of literature encounters a force of nature. Emerence truly has the strength of ten because her heart is pure. But Emerence has secrets - many secrets. Gradually Magda pries open the doors of Emerence's past. What she finds there is horrifying and astounding
Item Description:Aus dem Ungar. übers.
Physical Description:318 S. Ill.
ISBN:0880333049