It's an anniversary with an '0' in it for us today. To celebrate, we having fish 'n chips - delivered. As you do. Feels like a real treat. And to celebrate I received the perfect present - a wonderful Hungarian novel by Magda Szabó, translated by Len Rex. Life is good.

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#thedoor Il regista ungherese #istvanszabo ci porta in un piccolo mondo che racchiude la complessità della vita stessa. Basato sull’omonimo romanzo autobiografico di #magdaszabo (1917-2007) pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1987, il film esplora la relazione tra due donne molto diverse tra loro, Magda ed Emerenc. La storia è ambientata nell’Ungheria degli anni ’60, e possiede un’umanità profonda e una delicatezza colme di dettagli e... #unocinema #unofilm #film #cinema

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Hungary, 1970. The wonderful Hungarian writer, Magda Szabó, author of some of greatest novels of post WWII-Hungary, such as Abigail, Katalin Street, Iza's Ballad, and perhaps her most well-known work, The Door. The New Yorker described the latter work as "a bone-shaking book". These are all available in excellent English translations, especially any by Len Rix.

Source: Fortepan [219008] / Hunyady József

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I'm so behind on my book log.

The Door by Magda Szabó: a haunting and unusual novel about the connection between two women.

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The Door by Magda Szabó

The Door by Magda Szabo is a haunting and unusual novel about the connection between two women.

Un 19 de noviembre muere
🖊️#MagdaSzabó (1917-2012)
Escritora húngara.
Una de las grandes de la #narrativa
europea contemporánea.
Varias de sus recomendables #novelas están traducidas al castellano.
Una sugerencia muy significativa,
📖 El Corzo (1959)
Editada aquí por @minusculaed

Szigliget, 1969. Thursday is the end of my work week. Some Thursdays I feel like this old lady as she makes her way home. Just a few more weary steps and then I'm done.

The house on the left is a former writers' house used during the Kádár regime. All the main writers and poets spent time writing there, including my favourite, Magda Szabó (The Door, Abigail, Katalin Street, etc.).

Source: Fortepan / Faragó László

#fortepan #Hungary #Szigliget #MagdaSzabó #writers #village

The evening breeze sent a tremor through the angels on their swings.

Magda Szabó
The Fawn

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Magda Szabó’s The Fawn

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