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| Author | Magda Szabó |
|---|---|
| Original title | Az ajtó |
| Translator | Stefan Draughon Len Rix |
| Language | Hungarian |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | East European Monographs/Harvill Secker |
Publication date | 1985 (Hungarian) 15 February 1995 (English) 20 October 2005 (English) |
| Publication place | Hungary |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 272 pp |
| ISBN | 0-88033-304-9 (USA) ISBN 1-84343-193-9 (UK) |
| OCLC | 32332728 |
| LC Class | PH3351.S592 A7413 1994 |
The Door is a novel by Hungarian writer Magda Szabó. The Door was originally published in Hungary in 1987, and translated into English in 1995 by Stefan Draughon for American publication, and again in 2005 by Len Rix for British publication. Rix's translation won the 2006 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize, and was short-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Rix's translation was republished in 2015 by New York Review Books Classics.[1]
A film based on the novel, directed by István Szabó, was released in March 2012.[2]