![]() ![]() ![]() (It tells the story of a ‘fasting girl’ in nineteenth-century Ireland and the English nurse sent to watch her.)Įmma Donoghue’s most recent book, Haven, which is set in seventh-century Ireland, tells the story of a monk named Artt who has a dream in which God tells him to leave the sinful world behind. I’ve long been a fan of her work, including The Pull of the Stars, The Wonder, which is one of my favourites. She adapted it into a film of the same name and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. ![]() Her 2010 novel Room was a finalist for the Booker Prize and an international best-seller. I write today about similes and metaphors from Emma Donoghue…Įmma Donoghue is an Irish-Canadian playwright, literary historian, novelist, and screenwriter. I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. ![]()
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