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Sep 16, 2010 · Separation Anxiety. Emma Donoghue’s remarkable new novel, “Room,” is built on two intense constraints: the limited point of view of the narrator, a 5-year-old boy named Jack; and the ...
Aug 20, 2010 · November 17, 2021. Room, Emma DonoghueJack lives with his Ma in Room, a secured single-room outbuilding containing a small kitchen, a basic bathroom, a wardrobe, a bed, and a TV set. Because it is all he has ever known, Jack believes that only Room and the things it contains (including himself and Ma) are "real."
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By filtering those themes through the eyes and mind of a child, Donoghue lays on the patina of a fairy tale. She also illustrates the power of mothering and the heroism of ordinary people. These are just some of the ways we triumph over a world full of terrors. Room will make an excellent book club read with lots to discuss.
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- Judy Krueger
ISBN. 978-0-330-53397-3. Preceded by. The Sealed Letter. Room is a 2010 novel by Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue. The story is told from the perspective of a five-year-old boy, Jack, who is being held captive in a small room along with his mother. [1] Donoghue conceived the story after hearing about five-year-old Felix in the Fritzl case.
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 Room is one of the most profoundly affecting books I've read in a long time.
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Emma Donoghue’s novel ‘Room’, shortlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize. This book offers an incredibly insightful vision with a mastered point of view; never before has a modern literary classic captured the innocence, creativity and resilience of a child so well. Questions of education, the continuation of childhood and the confronting ...
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Sep 29, 2010 · Los Angeles Times Book Critic. The more you know about Emma Donoghue’s ninth novel, “Room,” the harder it is to assess. That’s a tricky issue, since “Room” is one of the hot books of ...
