Room

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FICTION
"Be warned: once you enter, you'll be Emma Donoghue's willing prisoner right down to the last page."
—Malcolm Jones, Newsweek
To five-year-old Jack, Room is the world. It's where he was born, it's where he and his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn. At night, Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where Jack is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.
Room is home to Jack, but to Ma it's the prison where she has been held for seven years. Through her fierce love for her son, she has created a life for him in this eleven-by-eleven-foot space. But Jack's curiosity is building alongside Ma's own desperation— and she knows that Room cannot contain either much longer
Room is a tale at once shocking, riveting, exhilarating—a story of unconquerable love in harrowing circumstances, and of the diamond-hard bond between a mother and her child.
Born in Dublin in 1969, Emma Donoghue is the author of several acclaimed novels, including the bestselling Slammerkin, as... Tovább

Fülszöveg

l,t iil.s'W'S
FICTION
"Be warned: once you enter, you'll be Emma Donoghue's willing prisoner right down to the last page."
—Malcolm Jones, Newsweek
To five-year-old Jack, Room is the world. It's where he was born, it's where he and his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn. At night, Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where Jack is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.
Room is home to Jack, but to Ma it's the prison where she has been held for seven years. Through her fierce love for her son, she has created a life for him in this eleven-by-eleven-foot space. But Jack's curiosity is building alongside Ma's own desperation— and she knows that Room cannot contain either much longer
Room is a tale at once shocking, riveting, exhilarating—a story of unconquerable love in harrowing circumstances, and of the diamond-hard bond between a mother and her child.
Born in Dublin in 1969, Emma Donoghue is the author of several acclaimed novels, including the bestselling Slammerkin, as well as works of literary history and drama for radio and stage. She lives in London, Ontario, with her partner, son, and daughter Room has been published in thirty-nine countries.
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"An astounding, terrifying novel. . It's a testament to Donoghue's Imagination and empathy that she Is able to fashion radiance from such horror" —The New Yorker
"Riveting. . . . Though the story's chilling circumstances reflect the horrors endured by tabloid-famous abductees, Donoghue avoids all sensationalism. Instead, she gracefully distills what it means to be a mother."
—Lisa Schwarzbé&in, Entertainment Weekly
"Room has the makings of an unbearably tense thriller. The surprise Is how much more than that It Is— gripping but also affecting and, believe It or not, sweet."
—Craig Seligman, Bloomberg News
"Donoghue brings her story to a powerful close that feels exactly right. This is a truly memorable novel. It presents an utterly unique way to talk about love."
—Aimee Bender, New York Times Book Review Vissza