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| Author | Emma Donoghue |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Cassia Beck (photography) |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | HarperCollins (Canada) Little, Brown (US) Picador (UK) |
Publication date | 6 August 2010 |
| Publication place | Canada, Ireland |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 336 pp (hardback) |
| 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.[2]
The novel was longlisted for the 2011 Orange Prize[3] and won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers' Prize regional prize (Caribbean and Canada). It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2010, and was shortlisted for the 2010 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize[4] and the 2010 Governor General's Awards.[5]
The film adaptation, also titled Room, was released in October 2015, starring Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay. The film was a critical and commercial success; it received four nominations at the 88th Academy Awards including for Best Picture, and won Best Actress for Larson.
- ^ Barber, John. (September 7, 2010). "Emma Donoghue delighted by Booker nom[permanent dead link]", The Globe and Mail. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- ^ Bethune, Brian. (September 7, 2010). "Emma Donoghue’s room without a view: Her new novel is claustrophobic, controversial, brilliant—and on the Booker short list", Maclean's. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- ^ Brown, Mark. (March 16, 2011). "Orange prize longlist tackles difficult subjects – and alligators",The Guardian. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ^ Frenette, Brad. (September 29, 2010). "Finalists announced for the Writers Trust Awards Archived 2012-07-01 at archive.today", National Post. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
- ^ "Emma Donoghue, Kathleen Winter make GG short list" Archived 20 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine. The Globe and Mail, October 13, 2010.