In the spirit of Emma Donoghue’s international bestseller Room,
Captive throws readers into the mind of a woman who wakes to find
herself in a terrifying and surreal situation: she’s confined to
a small grey room and she has no idea why she’s there. Emma has
an unremarkable life, a mundane job, and very little contact with
her family and friends. Night after night she drinks to forget
until one evening she’s jolted out of her routine. She wakes up
in a concrete room furnished with only a mattress and a ceiling
lamp. Emma is seized by terror. She feels real emotion for the
first time in a long time. She tries to make sense of what is
happening to her, where she is, who has taken her, and why. As the
days, weeks, and possibly months pass she develops a routine that
helps her survive her circumstances. But just as Emma begins to
find comfort in her routine she receives another terrifying jolt
and she must adapt to new circumstances. Her mysterious captors
subject her to various tests that push her to her limit and make
her question everything about herself, including her will to
survive. Captive is a harrowing, suspenseful, and hypnotic debut
about honesty and freedom and the importance of living meaningfully
and truthfully.
General
Imprint: |
House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
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Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
May 2017 |
Authors: |
Claudine Dumont
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Translators: |
David Scott Hamilton
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Dimensions: |
203 x 133 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
208 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4870-0051-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
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LSN: |
1-4870-0051-0 |
Barcode: |
9781487000516 |
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