This 1987 Hungarian novel in the modernist tradition combines emotionality andliterary quality in the story of two women a writer and her housekeeper. Whileresp... » 

This 1987 Hungarian novel in the modernist tradition combines emotionality andliterary quality in the story of two women a writer and her housekeeper. Whileresponding to her own needs for recognition and acceptance as an artist thewriter encourages her very private housekeeper to emerge from inner isolation.But when the housekeeper becomes ill and dies the writer is not available toher. The book serves as the writers apology for neglecting her humanresponsibilities. «