Haven : a novel / Emma Donoghue.
By: Donoghue, Emma
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Publisher: London ; Picador, 2022Description: vii, 257 pages ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781529091144.Subject(s): Monks -- Fiction | Ireland -- History -- To 1172 -- FictionDDC classification: 823 Summary: In this beautiful story of adventure and survival from the New York Times bestselling author of 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?
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Loanable Book | Library | Fiction | FIC DON (Browse shelf) | Checked out | 23/02/2023 | 000417234 |
In this beautiful story of adventure and survival from the New York Times bestselling author of 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?
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