Haven [electronic resource] : From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Room
Donoghue, Emma, 1969-2022
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The highly anticipated novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Pull of the Stars and Room 'This is Donoghue at her strange, unsettling best.' - Maggie O'Farrell, author of Hamnet 'Combines pressure-cooker intensity and radical isolation, to stunning effect.' – Margaret Atwood via Twitter In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks – young Trian and old Cormac – he travels down the river Shannon in search of an isolated spot on which to found a monastery. Drifting out into the Atlantic, the three men find an impossibly steep, bare island inhabited by tens of thousands of birds, and claim it for God. Their extraordinary landing spot is now known as Skellig Michael. But in such a place, far from all other humanity, what will survival mean? Haunting, moving and vividly told, Haven displays Emma Donoghue's trademark world-building and psychological intensity – but this tale is like nothing she has ever written before . . . One of The Times Books of the Year 2022 One of Easons 'Favourite Book of the Year 2022'. The Irish Times 'Books to Look Out For in 2022'. Pre-order Learned By Heart, the dazzling new love story from Emma Donoghue.
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Author:
Donoghue, Emma, 1969-, AuthorKelly, Aidan, Narrator
Edition:
Unabridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Pan Macmillan, 2022
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Born in Dublin in 1969, and now living in Canada, Emma Donoghue writes fiction (novels and short stories, contemporary and historical including The Pull of the Stars), as well as drama for screen and stage. Room, was a New York Times Best Book of 2010 and a finalist for the Man Booker, Commonwealth, and Orange Prizes, selling between two and three million copies in forty languages. Donoghue was nominated for an Academy Award for her 2015 adaptation starring Brie Larson. She co-wrote the screenplay for the film of her novel The Wonder, starring Florence Pugh, coming from Netflix.
ISBN:
9781529091182
Language:
English
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BRN:
3217316
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