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ROOM
PICADOR CLASSIC |
| By: |
Emma Donoghue, John Boyne |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1447289242 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781447289241 |
| Publisher: |
PAN MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
18 June, 2015 |
| Series: |
Picador Classic 29 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
A major film starring Brie LarsonShortlisted for the Man Booker PrizeShortlisted for the Orange PrizeWith an introduction by John BoyneToday 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. |
| Reader Age: |
From 18 years |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Picador |
| Prizes: |
Winner of National Book Awards Paperback of the Year 2011
Winner of Commonwealth Foundation Writer's Prize for Best Book 2011
Short-listed for Man Booker Prize 2010
Short-listed for Orange Prize for Fiction 2011 |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |