Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The Theology of "Room"

"[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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3 comments:

  1. bearingFebruary 23, 2011 at 6:14 PM

    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.

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  2. PentimentoFebruary 23, 2011 at 7:01 PM

    Room is her only book I've read, but it's the best book I've read in a long time.

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  3. Melanie BettinelliFebruary 23, 2011 at 10:57 PM

    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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