A character in this novel decides to name a male dog Viola. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this novel, whose protagonist Magda declares that "I killed Emerence," referring to her decision to take her reclusive housekeeper to the hospital without her consent. This novel's protagonist shares her first name with its author, Magda Szabó (SAH-boh).
ANSWER: The Door [or Az ajtó]
[10e] Szabó was from this Eastern European country. Other authors from this country include Arthur Koestler, Sándor Márai and László Krasznahorkai (LAH-sloh kras-na-HOR-kai).
ANSWER: Hungary [or Magyarország]
[10m] A Hungarian poet with this surname and the first name József (YO-zhef) wrote the novel Secrets of Budapest and the long ballad Simon Judit. The collections A Tomb for Boris Davidovich and The Encyclopedia of the Dead are by a Yugoslav short story writer with this surname and the first name Danilo.
ANSWER: Kiss (keesh) [or József Kiss or Danilo Kiš or Dániel Kiss]
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