Thus begins a relationship that survives for 20 years, and The Door is the story of Magda's involvement with the acutely intelligent, but virtually illiterate, woman.Įmerence is an unforgettable character, as rich and varied as anyone in Balzac or Dostoyevsky.
The young novelist and her husband agree to Emerence's terms. Emerence arrives for the interview, but it is she who asks the questions and lays down the rules. A friend recommends that she contact an elderly housekeeper named Emerence, who lives nearby in an apartment that no one else is allowed to enter. Magda, an aspiring writer, decides that she can no longer cope with everyday domestic chores.
The plot of this profoundly moving novel is very simple.
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