num_pages: 262
description: 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 the writer's life prompts Emerence to unveil glimpses of her traumatic past - a past which sheds light on her peculiar behaviour.The Door brilliantly evokes the development of the bond between these two very different women, and the tragic ending to their relationship.
language: English
title: The Door
titlecomplete: The Door
characters: Adelka, Viola, Magda, Emerenc, Sutu, Polett
genres: Fiction, Hungarian Literature, Womens, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Hungary, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 24993
places: Hungary
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Prix Femina
category: Étranger, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
category: Shortlist, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize
publisher: Vintage Books