Es ist sein Geburtstag und Jack findet es aufregend fünf zu werden. Er lebt mit seiner Mutter im "Zimmer". Das "Zimmer" hat eine abgeschlossene Tür, ein Oberlicht und misst vier mal vier Meter. Er liebt es fernzusehen, denn da sieht er seine "Freunde", die Cartoonfiguren. Aber er weiß, dass die Dinge hinter der Mattscheibe nicht echt sind - echt sind nur Ma, er und die Dinge im Zimmer. Bis der Tag kommt, an dem Ma zugibt, dass es eine Welt da draußen gibt...
Lustig, niederschmetternd und erhebend zugleich - "Room" ist ein Roman wie kein anderer.

Zusatztext 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 Informationen zum Autor Born in Dublin in 1969, and now living in Canada, Emma Donoghue writes fiction (novels and short stories, contemporary and historical including The Pull of the Stars ), as well as drama for screen and stage. Room , was a New York Times Best Book of 2010 and a finalist for the Man Booker, Commonwealth, and Orange Prizes, selling between two and three million copies in forty languages. Donoghue was nominated for an Academy Award for her 2015 adaptation starring Brie Larson. She co-wrote the screenplay for the film of her novel The Wonder , starring Florence Pugh and distributed by Netflix. Klappentext A major film starring Brie Larson, winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Best Actress BAFTAShortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Orange Prize and a Richard and Judy Book Club selection. Jack is five. He lives with his Ma. They live in a single, locked room. They don't have the key. Jack and Ma are prisoners. Room by Emma Donoghue is an extraordinarily powerful story of a mother and child kept in isolation, and the desire for, and price of, freedom. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Zusammenfassung Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize

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

Vorwort
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize

Autorentext

Born in Dublin in 1969, and now living in Canada, Emma Donoghue writes fiction (novels and short stories, contemporary and historical including The Pull of the Stars), as well as drama for screen and stage. Room, was a New York Times Best Book of 2010 and a finalist for the Man Booker, Commonwealth, and Orange Prizes, selling between two and three million copies in forty languages. Donoghue was nominated for an Academy Award for her 2015 adaptation starring Brie Larson. She co-wrote the screenplay for the film of her novel The Wonder, starring Florence Pugh and distributed by Netflix.

Klappentext

A major film starring Brie Larson, winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Best Actress BAFTA Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, the Orange Prize and a Richard and Judy Book Club selection.

Jack is five. He lives with his Ma. They live in a single, locked room. They don't have the key.

Jack and Ma are prisoners.

Room by Emma Donoghue is an extraordinarily powerful story of a mother and child kept in isolation, and the desire for, and price of, freedom.

Zusammenfassung
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize