A review by jlsjourneys
The Door by Magda Szabó

5.0

What a fascinating, haunting book. I believe this is the first Hungarian novel I’ve read, and I can’t stop thinking about the way Szabo (and translator) uses language … the way she pushes all ten fingers inside the hearts of her characters and pulls the flesh aside so we can see the messy, raw truth. My psychology training found the main characters’ dynamic highly troubled; my creative self found the vivid detail of the dynamic fascinating.