My dreams are always the same, down to the finest detail, a vision that returns again and again. The novel opens with a disturbing dream that jolts the narrator out of her sleep. The Door is a fascinating tale and a character study focused on the relationship between two women – the narrator who has a flourishing career as an author and her rather peculiar and unforgettable housekeeper, Emerence. But rather than rush out to buy it, I decided that now was the time to finally get cracking on the book I already have, The Door. Recently, NYRB published Abigail of which I have heard only good things so far. It garnered rave reviews, but somehow it passed me by at that time. Four of Hungarian author Magda Szabo’s books have been translated into English by the ever excellent NYRB Classics.
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