The goldfinch
Title
:
The goldfinch
Personal Author EPSB
:
Donna. Tartt
Summary
:
"The author of the classic bestsellers The Secret History and The Little Friend returns with a brilliant, highly anticipated new novel. A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an accident that takes the life of his mother. Alone and abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by a friend's family and struggles to make sense of his new life. In the years that follow, he becomes entranced by one of the few things that reminds him of his mother: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the art underworld. Composed with the skills of a master, The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America, and a drama of almost unbearable acuity and power. It is a story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the enormous power of art".
Year Published
:
2013
Physical Description
:
771 pages ; 25 cm
Edition
:
First Edition.
Subject
:
Young men -- Fiction.
Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Artists -- Fiction.
Self-realization -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Bildungsromans.
Suspense fiction.
Summary
:
"The author of the classic bestsellers The Secret History and The Little Friend returns with a brilliant, highly anticipated new novel. A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an accident that takes the life of his mother. Alone and abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by a friend's family and struggles to make sense of his new life. In the years that follow, he becomes entranced by one of the few things that reminds him of his mother: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the art underworld. Composed with the skills of a master, The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America, and a drama of almost unbearable acuity and power. It is a story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the enormous power of art".
ISBN
:
9780316055437
9780316242370
9780316055444
Publisher
:
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2013.
Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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Jasper Place | F TAR | Book | 30071000679956 | Fiction |