Door by Magda Szabo
The Door by Magda Szabo. Translated by Len Rix. 2005 Harvill Secker, first U.K. edition, 262 pages. Szabo was a Hungarian writer who has experienced a renaissance with the NYRB reissue of her novel The Door. She won awards for her poetry in the forties, but one award was revoked when she was declared an enemy by the new communist government, and she didn't publish work for another ten years.
Condition: Near fine
"This book is written not for God, who knows the secrets of my heart, nor for the shades of the all-seeing dead who witness both my waking life and my dreams. I write for other people."
The Door by Magda Szabo. Translated by Len Rix. 2005 Harvill Secker, first U.K. edition, 262 pages. Szabo was a Hungarian writer who has experienced a renaissance with the NYRB reissue of her novel The Door. She won awards for her poetry in the forties, but one award was revoked when she was declared an enemy by the new communist government, and she didn't publish work for another ten years.
Condition: Near fine
"This book is written not for God, who knows the secrets of my heart, nor for the shades of the all-seeing dead who witness both my waking life and my dreams. I write for other people."