About the book
Something about your generation I've noticed, she said not unkindly once I had fallen silent, is that you give up very easily.
Autumn 2018. A young woman starts a job as a research assistant at Oxford. But she can't shake the feeling that real life is happening elsewhere.
Eight months later she finds herself in London. She's landed a temp contract at a society magazine and is paying £80 a week to sleep on a stranger's sofa. As the summer rolls on, tensions with her flatmate escalate. She is overworked and underpaid, spends her free time calculating the increasing austerity in England through the rising cost of Freddos.
The prospects of a permanent job seem increasingly unlikely, until she finally asks herself: is it time to give up?
**A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR **
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PRAISE FOR THREE ROOMS
'I was bowled over by this barbed, supple book...spiky, unsettling.' OLIVIA LAING
'Cool, sharp and perceptive' Stylist
'Crisp and resonant' New Statesman
'A phenomenal achievement' The Times
'One of the most candid and subtle explorations of class by an English novelist in recent years' TLS
'A biting dissection of privilege, race, inequality and ideology in 21st century Britain' i
'Jo Hamya is an exceptionally gifted writer...slowly but surely broke my heart' CLAIRE-LOUISE BENNETT
'Intelligent, melancholy, funny and subtle' CHRIS POWER
'Both spectral and steeped in contemporary reality' OLIVIA SUDJIC
'Resigned to renting forever and feeling guilty every time you buy a cup of coffee? You'll want to read Jo Hamya's urgent and intelligent debut' EVENING STANDARD
Editions of Three Rooms
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781529114416
- EBook
- ISBN 9781473590496
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9781473597945
Read an Excerpt
Something about your generation I've noticed, she said not unkindly once I had fallen silent, is that you give up very easily.
Autumn 2018. A young woman starts a job as a research assistant at Oxford. But she can't shake the feeling that real life is happening elsewhere.
Eight months later she finds herself in London. She's landed a temp contract at a society magazine and is paying £80 a week to sleep on a stranger's sofa. As the summer rolls on, tensions with her flatmate escalate. She is overworked and underpaid, spends her free time calculating the increasing austerity in England through the rising cost of Freddos.
The prospects of a permanent job seem increasingly unlikely, until she finally asks herself: is it time to give up?
**A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR **
________________________________
PRAISE FOR THREE ROOMS
'I was bowled over by this barbed, supple book...spiky, unsettling.' OLIVIA LAING
'Cool, sharp and perceptive' Stylist
'Crisp and resonant' New Statesman
'A phenomenal achievement' The Times
'One of the most candid and subtle explorations of class by an English novelist in recent years' TLS
'A biting dissection of privilege, race, inequality and ideology in 21st century Britain' i
'Jo Hamya is an exceptionally gifted writer...slowly but surely broke my heart' CLAIRE-LOUISE BENNETT
'Intelligent, melancholy, funny and subtle' CHRIS POWER
'Both spectral and steeped in contemporary reality' OLIVIA SUDJIC
'Resigned to renting forever and feeling guilty every time you buy a cup of coffee? You'll want to read Jo Hamya's urgent and intelligent debut' EVENING STANDARD
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Three Rooms about?
Something about your generation I've noticed, she said not unkindly once I had fallen silent, is that you give up very easily.
Autumn 2018. A young woman starts a job as a research assistant at Oxford. But she can't shake the feeling that real life is happening elsewhere.
Eight months later she finds herself in London. She's landed a temp contract at a society magazine and is paying £80 a week to sleep on a stranger's sofa. As the summer rolls on, tensions with her flatmate escalate. She is overworked and underpaid, spends her free time calculating the increasing austerity in England through the rising cost of Freddos.
The prospects of a permanent job seem increasingly unlikely, until she finally asks herself: is it time to give up?
**A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR **
________________________________
PRAISE FOR THREE ROOMS
'I was bowled over by this barbed, supple book...spiky, unsettling.' OLIVIA LAING
'Cool, sharp and perceptive' Stylist
'Crisp and resonant' New Statesman
'A phenomenal achievement' The Times
'One of the most candid and subtle explorations of class by an English novelist in recent years' TLS
'A biting dissection of privilege, race, inequality and ideology in 21st century Britain' i
'Jo Hamya is an exceptionally gifted writer...slowly but surely broke my heart' CLAIRE-LOUISE BENNETT
'Intelligent, melancholy, funny and subtle' CHRIS POWER
'Both spectral and steeped in contemporary reality' OLIVIA SUDJIC
'Resigned to renting forever and feeling guilty every time you buy a cup of coffee? You'll want to read Jo Hamya's urgent and intelligent debut' EVENING STANDARD
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Three Rooms?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Where can I read a sample of Three Rooms?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781529114416
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Three Rooms?
Jo Hamya
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Three Rooms is available as paperback(ISBN 9781529114416) and ebook(ISBN 9781473590496) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781473597945)
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