<P>Intense brilliant and moving. <P><I>The Door</I> is a compelling story about the relationship between two women of opposing backgrounds and personalities: one an intellectual and writer; the other her housekeeper a mysterious elderly woman who sets her own rules and abjures religion education pretense and any kind of authority.<P>Beneath this hardened exterior of Emerence lies a painful story that must be concealed. <P>One of Hungary’s best-known writers Magda Szabo explores themes of love loyalty pride and privacy and the barriers and secrets that govern them.<P>©1987 Magda Szabo´ Translation © 2005 Len Rix. (P)2016 Naxos AudioBooks