by Magda Szabó · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253070221
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«La porte» is the novel by Hungarian writer Magda Szabó, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (352 pages, in French).
The narrator recalls her twenty-year relationship with Emerence Szeredás, her domestic help, a strong-willed woman who values her independence and privacy. Despite daily cohabitation, Emerence prevents anyone from entering her house; that closed door holds a secret and condenses the distance between two women whom everything opposes.
Hungarian work originally published as «Az ajtó» in 1987; it received the Prix Femina étranger in 2003 and was chosen best book of 2015 by The New York Times.
Suitable for reading groups and readers of literary fiction interested in Hungarian narrative.
Magda Szabó was a Hungarian novelist. Doctor of philology, she also wrote dramas, essays, studies, memoirs, poetry and children's literature. She was a founding member of the Digital Literary Academy, an online digital repository of Hungarian literature. She is the most translated Hungarian author, with publications in 42 countries and over 30 languages.
