Room

Resumen del libro

The story of a mother, her son, a locked room and the outside world. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010. Soon to be a major motion picture, directed by Lenny Abrahamson.
With an introduction by John Boyne
Today I'm five. I was four last night going to sleep in Wardrobe, but when I wake up in Bed in the dark I'm changed to five, abracadabra.
Jack lives with his Ma in Room. Room has a single locked door and a skylight, and it measures ten feet by ten feet. Jack loves watching TV but he knows that nothing he sees on the screen is truly real - only him, Ma and the things in Room. Until the day Ma admits there is a world outside.
Devastating yet uplifting, Room by Emma Donoghue is a luminous portrait of a boundless maternal love. It has sold more than two million copies, was a number one bestseller and was shortlisted for the Man Booker and Orange prizes. Few books have reached modern classic status so swiftly.

Biografía del autor

Emma Donoghue es autora de dieciséis novelas, incluidas la superventas y premiada La habitación, en la que se inspiró la película del mismo título. El expreso de París es su último libro. Ha escrito los guiones de La habitación y El prodigio, así como nueve obras de teatro.<br> Su próxima película es H de halcón (adaptación, en colaboración con Philippa Lowthorpe, del libro autobiográfico de Helen Macdonald). Nacida en Dublín, Donoghue vive en Ontario con su familia. Más información en: EmmaDonoghue.com.