Haven: A Novel

FINALIST FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD

In a time of plague and terror, three men abandon their familiar world and set out in a small boat for an island they don’t know exists, with only faith and devotion to guide them

In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar priest named Artt has a dream in which God tells him to leave the sinful world behind. With two monks—young Trian and old Cormac—he rows down the River Shannon in search of an isolated spot in which to found a monastery. Drifting out into the Atlantic, the three men find the impossibly steep, bare island known today as Skellig Michael. In such a place, what will survival mean?

Born in Dublin in 1969,EMMA DONOGHUEis a novelist, screenwriter and playwright.Roomsold more than two million copies and won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (Canada and the Caribbean), as well as being shortlisted for the Man Booker and Orange Prizes. Donoghue scripted the Canadian-Irish film adaptation, which was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.The Wonderwas shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and Donoghue co-wrote the 2022 screen adaptation for Netflix.The Pull of the Starswas a finalist for the Trillium Book Award and was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Donoghue’s fiction ranges from the contemporary (Stir-Fry,Hood,Landing,Touchy Subjects,Akin) to the historical (Haven,Slammerkin,The Sealed Letter,Astray,Frog Music) and includes two books for young readers,The Lotterys Plus OneandThe Lotterys More or Less.

ISBN: 9781443466844
Format: Hardback
Pages: 272
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: August 23, 2022

“Combines pressure-cooker intensity + radical isolation, to stunning effect.” — @MargaretAtwood“Told with the clarity of a fable, Haven transports us into territories unknown, where 'fog makes an island of every man.' Donoghue’s men of the cloth confront challenges that rattle not only their faith in God, but their faith in each other and in the natural world. This is a patient, thoughtful novel with much to say about spirituality, hope, and human failure, and about the miracle of mercy.” — Esi Edugyan, author of Washington Black“Haven is a beautiful and timely novel about isolation, passion and the conflict between obedience and self-preservation. The island setting and the characters stayed with me long after I finished reading.”
— Sarah Moss, author of Ghost Wall "[A] moving tale with a pervading sense of unease that grips you till the last page.” — Globe and Mail (Toronto)"Haven contains subtle, vibrating tension." — Toronto Star“Donoghue conjures the same magic [as Room] with her latest novel, Haven.” — Reader's Digest Canada“It’s clear there’s no century in the history of this world that couldn’t be teased into a compelling read by author Emma Donoghue." — London Free Press