The Goldfinch
of Donna Tartt
Description
It begins with a boy. Theo Decker, a thirteen-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 his unbearable longing for his mother, he clings to one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art.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-and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle.The Goldfinch combines vivid characters, mesmerizing language, and suspense, while plumbing with a philosopher's calm the deepest mysteries of love, identity, and art. It is an old-fashioned story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the ruthless machinations of fate.
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 771 pages
- Publisher Little, Brown
- Publication Date 10/22/13
- First Publication 09/23/13
- Language English
- ISBN 9780316055437
- Edition First American Edition
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Amsterdam (Netherlands)', 'Las Vegas, Nevada (United States)', 'New York City, New York (United States)', "New York City's Upper East Side (United States)"]
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