The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
Donna Tartt
Oct 2013 Ā· Hachette Audio Ā· Narrated by David Pittu
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A young New Yorker grieving his mother's death is pulled into a gritty underworld of art and wealth in this "extraordinary" and beloved Pulitzer Prize winner from the author ofĀ The Secret History that "connects with the heart as well as the mind" (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review).Ā Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by a longing for his mother, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into a wealthy and insular art community.Ā As an adult, Theo moves silkily between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty labyrinth of an antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love ā and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle.Ā The Goldfinch is a mesmerizing, stay-up-all-night and tell-all-your-friends triumph, an old-fashioned story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention. From the streets of New York to the dark corners of the art underworld, this "soaring masterpiece" examines the devastating impact of grief and the ruthless machinations of fate (Ron Charles, Washington Post).Ā
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4.8
35 reviews
Marcus Ebejer
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May 2, 2020
Tartt can get a little verbose sometimes, but the story here just grabs you and doesn't let go. I've read this book three times and every single time I can't put it down. Probably one of my favorite fictional books of all time.
Patty Sanderson
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May 7, 2019
Couldn't stop listening! This story pulls you in and holds you to the very last!
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August 2, 2021
This is in my top five books ever written. She has such a beautiful way of writing.
About the author
Donna Tartt is an American writer who has achieved critical and public acclaim for her novels, which have been published in forty languages. Her first novel,Ā The Secret History, was published in 1992. In 2003 she received the WH Smith Literary Award for her novel,Ā The Little Friend, which was also nominated for the Orange Prize for Fiction. SheĀ won the Pulitzer Prize and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction for her most recent novel,Ā The Goldfinch.
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