"[F]or me, Room is a peculiar (and no doubt heretical) battle
between Mary and the Devil for young Jesus. If God sounds absent from
that triangle, that's because I think for a small child God's love is
represented, and proved, by mother-love." - Emma Donoghue
Great interview with Emma Donoghue, author of Room, at The Economist.
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I haven't read Room yet but I mean to. I love Emma Donoghue's books. I thought Hood was amazing. And I don't buy for a second her line from the interview that faith "doesn't come up in most" of her books.
Room is her only book I've read, but it's the best book I've read in a long time.
Great interview. Interesting insights about the battle between Mary and the Devil and about mother love being the face of God.
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