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...During her review of The Door by Magda Szabo, a work of fiction concerning a wealthy woman’s intimate relationship with her housekeeper, Messud finds herself thinking about her French grandparent’s adored...
...In a different key of weirdness, the other great book of the year for me was Magda Szabo’s The Door (NRB), originally published in 1987 but recently reissued, featuring Emerence, the cleaning lady from hell...
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