The Door Author:Magda Szabo, Len Rix (Translator) A young writer, struggling for success, employs an elderly woman called Emerence to be her housekeeper. — From their first encounter it is clear that Emerence is no ordinary maid. — Although everyone in the neighbourhood knows and respects her, no one knows anything about her private life or has ever crossed her threshold. Only a great drama in th... more »e writer's life prompts Emerence to unveil glimpses of her traumatic past - a past which sheds light on her peculiar behaviour.« less