Room
the unputdownable bestseller that inspired the Oscar-winning film
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- 6,49 €
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- 6,49 €
Publisher Description
Told from the perspective of five-year-old Jack, Emma Donoghue’s Room, is a world-changing story of a boundless love.
A major film starring Brie Larson - Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize - Shortlisted for the Orange Prize.
Jack lives with his Ma in Room, which has a locked door and a skylight, and measures 11 feet by 11 feet. He loves watching TV, and the cartoon characters he calls friends, but he knows that nothing he sees on screen is truly real – only him, Ma and the things in Room. Until the day Ma admits that there’s a world outside . . .
Told in Jack’s voice, Room is the story of a mother and son whose love lets them survive the impossible .
*Pre-order The Paris Express, Emma Donoghue's thrilling new novel, now*
Part of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Five-year-old Jack knows nothing beyond the small garden shed he shares with his “Ma”, who is determined to cultivate her child’s imagination and intelligence even as she shields him from the terrifying truths of their imprisonment. Emma Donoghue's spot-on dialogue and inspired plot choices make Jack and Ma—and their heartbreakingly beautiful relationship—unforgettable. Told entirely from Jack's perspective, Room is a hugely original thriller that’s been made into a award-wininng film starring Brie Larson. Clear your schedule before you start this fast-paced, atmospheric and supremely riveting book.
