A Room Called Earth
Overview
A brilliant debut from a neurodiverse author that explores a young woman’s magical, sensitive, and passionate inner world.
A young woman gets ready to go to a party. She arrives, feels overwhelmed, leaves, and then returns. Minutely attuned to the people who come into her view, and alternating between alienation and profound connection, she is hilarious, self-aware, sometimes acerbic, and always honest. And by the end of the night, she’s shown us something radical about love, loss, and the need to belong.
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- Paperback
- 198mm x 129mm
- 304 pages
- 9781914484063
- GBP£9.99
- 14 April 2022
- UK, COMMONWEALTH (EX. CAN) & EU ENGLISH
- Barbara J. Zitwer Agency
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Praise
‘Cinematic and staggeringly beautiful, A Room Called Earth is unlike anything I’ve read before … if you like Jeffrey Eugenides’ luminous prose and Sally Rooney’s crisp insights into human relationships, you’ll love it.’
‘Extraordinary ... The smart, magical voice Madeleine Ryan has found in A Room Called Earth is unlike anything else you’ll find this year.’
About the Author
Madeleine Ryan is an Australian writer, director, and author. Her articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times, SBS, Vogue, The Daily Telegraph, The Sydney Morning Herald, and Vice. She is currently working on the screen adaptation of her first novel, A Room Called Earth. Madeleine lives in rural Victoria.
