Room

I just finished Room by Emma Donaghue. When I picked it up I thought she was a new writer, and actually she has written a couple of books, so I am going to have to pick those up eventually.

Room is about a five year old boy whose whole world is a 11x11 room which he and his mother live in. Most nights at 9 pm a man comes in the room, but Jack (the boy) thinks that he is only half-real because he lives outside the room for most of the day. He calls outside - Outer Space.

Over the course of the novel he finds out the truth, in a very interesting way. His discovery of the world outside Room is fantastic. Everything that we take for granted he has to learn again. Like how in Room everything is his and his mothers. Outside he steals a book (without knowing) thinking that the book is his from his Room, only cleaner. He has to be told about the fact there are thousands, millions of books and everyone can buy a copy. His idea of waste is really interesting too.

It always surprises me what comes out of author's heads, and the way the communicate it to paper. A really beautiful read!