The Door
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 Szabó here explores themes of love, loyalty, pride and privacy, and the barriers and secrets that govern them.
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Sian Thomas, actress and Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator, was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for her role in Up for Grabs. She appeared as Amelia Bones in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
"A Hungarian novel with the elemental force of a myth...Class dynamics, female friendship, the power of will--Szabo writes about them all with eerie fascination."
-- "New York Times Book Review""A valuable document of a vital relationship."
-- "Guardian (London)"Tells a great deal about the sufferings of twentieth-century Hungary through the heart and mind of a single fearless woman...Len Rix's fluent translation is a belated and welcome gift to readers in English."
-- "Independent (London)""Siân Thomas narrates this audiobook with a zest and a reverence that suit the content beautifully...Thomas is a precise narrator, and the crisp edges of her consonants add an exotic twist to the listening. Her pacing is spot-on, although the story itself does have slow moments. That said, many listeners will be intrigued as the characters share more of themselves with each chapter."
-- "AudioFile"
