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The Door
Escrito por Magda Szabo
Narrado por Sian Thomas
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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 explores themes of love, loyalty, pride and privacy, and the barriers and secrets that govern them.
©1987 Magda Szabo´ Translation © 2005 Len Rix. (P)2016 Naxos AudioBooks
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Comenzar a escucharInformación sobre el libro
The Door
Escrito por Magda Szabo
Narrado por Sian Thomas
Descripción
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 explores themes of love, loyalty, pride and privacy, and the barriers and secrets that govern them.
©1987 Magda Szabo´ Translation © 2005 Len Rix. (P)2016 Naxos AudioBooks
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My favourite part of the book was learning about Emerence’s childhood - the twins and the storm.
A very affecting take of friendship with someone who appears to be awkward and difficult but is in fact a person of great quality. The friendship is unsentimental, combative and complex. Wonderful author and a tale of great depth.
The story is captivating, keeps your interest and is great for listening to attentively or while doing other tasks. The narrator has a wonderful voice and captures emotion brilliantly.
The translator deserves the utmost praise, too as the story was so richly relayed in English!
The translator deserves the utmost praise, too as the story was so richly relayed in English!
My very first glimpse into Hungarian literature. A book about a very complex relationship between 2 women. It is about social, cultural difference between 2 generations.
Speechless! This is one of the most beautifully written books I have read in a long long time.
The narration is simply outstanding. The story is complex, moving, and wonderful!
I haven't been so bored since I read Kundera. I know he is Czech and this book is Hungarian but they have the same monotonous mind numbing detail about nothing at all. I only read a quarter of the book but am writing a review anyway because otherwise there is a huge bias toward positive reviews, i.e. because people don't finish books they don't like. So far all that has happened is a very long description of a cleaning lady. Two hours!