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A review by alwright1
The Door by Magda Szabó
3.0
While in Budapest, I looked for some Hungarian novels to read. This is one that I came across in the CEU bookstore and thought it sounded good. (I was also interested because it seemed to be received as "literary" despite being a book by a woman about the relationship between two women.)
A writer and her husband hire on a very unusual maid named Emerence to care for their house while they work. She is an odd force of nature, a rare character, and well respected by the whole community, but almost no one knows anything about her, and she does not allow others into her home at all. What follows the mystery is an investigation into the nature of friendship, love, privacy, and sense of self. I read it all on a plane in one day.
A writer and her husband hire on a very unusual maid named Emerence to care for their house while they work. She is an odd force of nature, a rare character, and well respected by the whole community, but almost no one knows anything about her, and she does not allow others into her home at all. What follows the mystery is an investigation into the nature of friendship, love, privacy, and sense of self. I read it all on a plane in one day.