![]() ![]() Room is told from the perspective of a young boy, Jack. This took place in Austria, over the course of twenty-four years, and included a daughter being held captive and raped by her father, eventually bearing seven children. The novel was written after Donohue heard about a now very famous real-life case, the Fritzl case. Noteworthy themes include isolation, freedom, bonds with family, fear, love, and communication. ![]() The novel was adapted into a movie in 2015, with the star, Brie Larson, winning an Academy Award for Best Actress. It was also shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2010, and also for the 2010 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, as well as the 2010 Governor General’s Awards. Room (2010) a novel by Emma Donoghue, an Irish-Canadian author, was considered for the 2011 Orange Prize, and won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize regional prize within the Caribbean and Canada. ![]()
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