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The Door by Magda Szabó is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Door about?
Intense, brilliant and moving, The Door is a compelling story about the relationship between two women of opposing backgrounds and personalities: one, an intellectual and writer; the other, her housekeeper, a mysterious, elderly woman who sets her own rules and abjures religion, education, pretense and any kind of authority. Beneath this hardened exterior of Emerence lies a painful story that must be concealed. One of Hungary's best-known writers, Magda Szabo here explores themes of love, loyalty, pride and privacy, and the barriers and secrets that govern them
Who reads The Door?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Magda Szabó
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Published
- 1987
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781094015743
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Poetry, Literary Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.81 / 5 (814 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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