Jack’s voice is one of the pure triumphs of the novel: in him, she has invented a child narrator who is one of the most engaging in years. In 2010, Aimee Bender wrote for the Book Review about “Room,” Donoghue’s novel about a 5-year-old held captive in a small room with his mother.Įmma Donoghue’s remarkable new novel, “Room,” is built on two intense constraints: the limited point of view of the narrator, a 5-year-old boy named Jack and the confines of Jack’s physical world, an 11-by-11-foot room where he lives with his mother.ĭonoghue navigates beautifully around these limitations.
Megan O’Grady reviews Emma Donoghue’s latest novel, “Akin,” in this week’s issue.
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