Beschreibung:
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE'Room is a book to read in one sitting. When it's over you look up: the world looks the same but you are somehow different and that feeling lingers for days' Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's WifeJack is five.He lives in a single, locked room with his Ma.'Startlingly original and moving . . . as utterly compelling as The Lovely Bones' Scotsman'A triumph' Daily Telegraph'Heart-burstingly, gut-wrenchingly compassionate' Daily Mail'This book will break your heart' Irish Times'Affecting and uplifting' Evening Standard'Absorbing, truthful and beautiful' Observer
The story of a mother, her son, a locked room and the outside world. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Filmed as a major motion picture, directed by Lenny Abrahamson.