- Women authors, Domestics, Fiction, Fiction, psychological
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. Yet there is genuine humor, too, as the very different women interact with each other and with the dog they adopt.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Earnest, classical in form, prestige and intimate.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
About the book
- Author
- Magda Szabó
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 272
- Publisher
- Viviane hamy, New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The, V. Hamy
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- French, Spanish, Italian, und
- ISBN
- 9781843431930
Where to read
Libraries first: a card gets you most books for nothing. Each opens that service’s page for this title.
On Open Library, 9 have read it and 42 want to.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
Girl, interrupted 199385% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, prestige.
The CIDER HOUSE RULES 198584% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, prestige.
Of Human Bondage 191582% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, prestige.
Martin Eden 190882% alikeBoth classical in form, earnest, prestige.
Lady Chatterley's Lover 190082% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, prestige.
Go Set A Watchman 201580% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, prestige.
Revolutionary road 196180% alikeBoth classical in form, prestige, intimate.
The Best We Could Do 201779% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form.
Girl, Interrupted 199987% alikeFilm · Both earnest, classical in form, intimate.
Sunday Bloody Sunday 197185% alikeFilm · Both classical in form, earnest, prestige.