Bibliograph

Haven, a novel, Emma Donoghue

Type

Label

Haven, a novel, Emma Donoghue

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Haven

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1336492806

Responsibility statement

Emma Donoghue

Sub title

a novel

Summary

In this beautiful story of adventure and survival from the New York Times Room, three men vow to leave the world behind them as they set out in a small boat for an island their leader has seen in a dream, with only faith to guide them. In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks--young Trian and old Cormac--he rows down the river Shannon in search of an isolated spot on which to found a monastery. Drifting out into the Atlantic, the three men find an impossibly steep, bare island inhabited by tens of thousands of birds, and claim it for God. In such a place, what will survival mean?

Target audience

adult

Classification