The story of a mother, her son, a locked room and the outside world. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010. Soon to be a major motion picture, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and starring William H. Macy and Brie Larson.
Born in 1969, Emma Donoghue is an Irish writer who spent eight years in England before moving to Canada. Her fiction includes Slammerkin, Life Mask, Touchy Subjects and the international bestseller Room (shortlisted for the Man Booker and Orange Prizes).
Room is one of the most profoundly affecting books I've read in a
long time. Jack moved me greatly. His voice, his story, his
innocence, his love for Ma combine to create something very unusual
and, I think, something very important . . . Room deserves to reach
the widest possible audience
*John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas*
Emma Donoghue's writing is superb alchemy, changing innocence into
horror and horror into tenderness. Room is a book to read in one
sitting. When it's over you look up: the world looks the same but
you are somehow different and that feeling lingers for days
*Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife*
I've never read a more heart-burstingly, gut wrenchingly
compassionate novel . . . As for sweet, bright, funny Jack, I
wanted to scoop him up out of the novel and never let him go
*Daily Mail*
This is a truly remarkable novel. It presents an utterly unique way
to talk about love, all the while giving us a fresh, expansive eye
on the world in which we live
*New York Times Book Review*
Startlingly original and moving . . . Endearing and as utterly
compelling as The Lovely Bones
*Scotsman*
This book will break your heart . . . It is the most vivid, radiant
and beautiful expression of maternal love I have ever read
*Irish Times*
I loved Room. Such incredible imagination, and dazzling use of
language. And with all this, an entirely credible, endearing little
boy. It's unlike anything I've ever read before
*Anita Shreve*
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