THE DOOR by Magda Szabo. Hungarian high tension. Review, Analysis, Exploration

Thrilling and unexpected, I am very glad to have read this one. I will be reading more Szabo in the future.
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[@attention5638]

It does seem like the story takes place over the span of more than 20 years, but I am not sure why. Other than Magda mentioning the time passed, we don't know what took place over most of that time. It definitely has some horror vibes without having any horror elements. I will definitely be picking up that other novel of hers.

[@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse]

Let's DO IT!!

[@jameshumphries7272]

I picked that book up on a whim about 3 months ago for $1 simply because of it being an NYRB edition. So I was excited to see y'all doing a buddy read.

[@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse]

💪😎

[@trishbovell9042]

The Door was amazing. I read it in one day. Thanks for the recommendation.

[@trishbovell9042]

My mother-in-law was a lot like Emerense.

[@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse]

@@trishbovell9042 what a saga of, um...friendship? 🙃 I can't wait to read more Szabo, tho.

[@vesnastihovic7014]

Iza's Ballad, Katalin Street and my fave Abigail.

[@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse]

Abigail is on the shelf and is up next by Szabo 😎

[@vesnastihovic7014]

@@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse Really exciting. I think you'll enjoy it.. 😊

[@erikapatterson484]

As a native Hungarian speaker, I just want to let you know you don’t pronounce the “z”. It is pronounced like sa-bo.

[@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse]

Thanks you Erika! 😁👍

[@Kira77773]

My best book this year 😢❤❤❤❤

[@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse]

It is a great little read! 🙏

[@Ferrari1504]

Fascinating book - i'll have to read this. Nyrb classics is phenomenal. I'm reading Naked Earth by Eileen Chang and Robert Walser's Berlin Stories and am very impressed.
Check out Naked Earth when you can, it's a pretty great diagnosis of Mao era China and the language it employs to quell resistance/love and cover up mistakes. Very Orwellian angle with the language of fascism plus a Jane Austin-esque love story. Quite impressive.
Thanks for the great content!

[@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse]

Very cool! I enjoyed this reading very much, as you can tell. I have Naked Earth on my shelf, looks good!
I'm glad you enjoy the content, Quentin 😎

[@veryliterarykari8282]

Sounds like a lot of great tension building in this one! If you and Pae had a hard time wrapping your minds around what was going on, it’s gotta be good! 🤣😎

[@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse]

It was good, disorienting and beautiful, shocking and intriguing... We had fun 😝

[@ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace]

This sounds FACINATING
No wonder Pae liked it. The protagonists may just be two sides ofnthe same person 😁

[@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse]

Haha! You are right on there!

[@user-dj4gy9yq7f]

There is no mention of the main character name in the novel.

[@dinofelic487]

Actually, there is. The only time writer's name is mentioned is at the late stage of the book, in chapter "Amnesia", when Emerence herself calls her 'Magdushka', right after Magda lies about the house and the cats. Magda then tells us only her parents used to call her Magdushka, and is being strucked with mix feelings of shame, hope, guilt and relief at that moment.

[@normafeliz2614]

Thank you for the video.

[@EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse]

My pleasure 🙏