Summary
Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, and down the years clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a small, strangely captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal underworld. As he grows up, Theo learns to glide betwe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349139630 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349139636 |
| Author: | Donna Tartt |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 912 |
| Release Date: | 2 June 2014 |
| Weight: | 592g |
| Dimensions: | 42mm x 198mm x 128mm |
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The Goldfinch is a triumph … Donna Tartt has delivered an extraordinary work of fiction
A glorious novel that pulls together all her remarkable storytelling talents into a rapturous, symphonic whole and reminds the reader of the immersive, stay-up-all-night pleasures of reading - New York Times - Michiko Kakutani
The Goldfinch is a triumph … Donna Tartt has delivered an extraordinary work of fiction - New York Times - Stephen KingAn astonishing achievement … if anyone has lost their love of storytelling, The Goldfinch will most certainly return it to them. The last few pages of the novel take all the serious, big, complicated ideas beneath the surface and hold them up to the light - GuardianA modern epic and an old-fashioned pilgrimage…Dickens with guns, Dostoevsky with pills, Tolstoy with antiques. And if it doesn’t gain Tartt entry to the mostly boys’ club that is The Great American Novel, to drink with life-members John Steinbeck, Harper Lee, Saul Bellow, Philip Roth et al, then we should close down the joint and open up another for the Great Global Novel - for that is what this is - The Times - Alex O’ConnellA glorious novel that pulls together all her remarkable storytelling talents into a rapturous, symphonic whole and reminds the reader of the immersive, stay-up-all-night pleasures of reading - New York Times - Michiko KakutaniThe Goldfinch is a triumph … Donna Tartt has delivered an extraordinary work of fiction - New York Times - Stephen KingAn astonishing achievement … if anyone has lost their love of storytelling, The Goldfinch will most certainly return it to them. The last few pages of the novel take all the serious, big, complicated ideas beneath the surface and hold them up to the light - GuardianA modern epic and an old-fashioned pilgrimage…Dickens with guns, Dostoevsky with pills, Tolstoy with antiques. And if it doesn’t gain Tartt entry to the mostly boys’ club that is The Great American Novel, to drink with life-members John Steinbeck, Harper Lee, Saul Bellow, Philip Roth et al, then we should close down the joint and open up another for the Great Global Novel - for that is what this is - The Times - Alex O’ConnellAbout The Author
Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, and is a graduate of Bennington College. She is the author of the novels The Secret History and The Little Friend, which have been translated into thirty languages.
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