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Room by Emma Donoghue. The novel’s title refers to the 11-square-foot room where five-year-old Jack and his Ma are held captive, Ma having been abducted by a man known to Jack only as Old Nick when she was a teenager. Jack does not know any world beyond Room, but is forced to adapt quickly when Old Nick’s financial difficulties push Ma to launch a daring escape plan.
Room quickly became an international bestseller, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, was named one of
The New York Times’ six best fiction titles of 2010, and inspired an Academy Award-winning film adaptation in 2015.
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EMMA DONOGHUE
IRISH-CANADIAN NOVELIST
Born in Dublin (Ireland) in 1969.Notable works:Hood (1995), novelFrog Music (2014), novelThe Wonder (2016), novelEmma Donoghue grew up in Dublin before relocating to Ontario, Canada in 1998. She studied English and French at University College Dublin before gaining a PhD from the University of Cambridge. She has worked full-time as a writer since she was 23 and lives with her partner and their two children.
Donoghue has written nine novels, along with short stories, several plays, and two screenplays. She has recently branched out into children’s fiction with her The Lotterys series. Although she has worked with many genres, she is best-known for her works of historical fiction, focusing, amongst other things, on the unsolved murder of the cross-dressing Jenny Bonnet in 1876 and the Codrington Affair, a divorce that gripped 19th-century Britain. Donoghue’s works have been translated into over 40 languages and she has won multiple awards, including the Golden Crown Literary Award and the American Library Association’s Gay and Lesbian Book Award.
ROOM
A TALE OF INNOCENCE AND IMAGINATION IN A WORLD OF HORROR
Genre: novelReference edition: Donoghue, E. (2011) Room. London: Picador.1stedition: 2010Themes: childhood, discovery, abduction, freedom, hope, exploration, love, motherhoodInspired in part by the real-life story of Elisabeth Fritzl, held captive by her father for 24 years, Room is told from the unique perspective of Jack, a five-year-old boy who has spent his entire life locked in a single room with his Ma. Ma was abducted as a teenager, giving birth to the precocious yet naive Jack in captivity. She shields him from the true horror of his situation, hiding the existence of the world from him in this tale of hope, innocence and the bond between a mother and child.
An international bestseller, Room was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and was named one of The New York Times’ six best fiction titles of 2010. Donoghue adapted Room for the screen herself in 2015. The film, starring Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay, was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture.
