![]() ![]() Because it is all he has ever known, Jack believes that only Room and the things it contains (including himself and Ma) are "real." Ma, unwilling to disappoint Jack with a life she cannot give him, allows Jack to believe that the rest of the world exists only on television. 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.įive-year old Jack lives with his 27-year old Ma in "Room", a secured single-room outbuilding containing a small kitchen, a basic bathroom, a wardrobe, a bed, and a TV set. The film adaptation, also titled Room, was released in October 2015, starring Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2010, and was shortlisted for the 2010 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the 2010 Governor General's Awards. ![]() The novel was longlisted for the 2011 Orange Prize and won the 2011 Commonwealth Writers' Prize regional prize (Caribbean and Canada). Donoghue conceived the story after hearing about five-year-old Felix in the Fritzl case. ![]() ![]() 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. Room is a 2010 novel by Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue. ![]()
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