Goldfinch
by Tartt, Donna
Edition statement:First Back Bay paperback edition. Published by : Back Bay Books (Little Brown & Co.) (New York) Physical details: 771 pages ; 24 cm ISBN:0316055441 (pbk.); 9780316055444 (pbk.). Year: 2013| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Fiction | Book Cart | Tar (Browse shelf) | Available | 102389 |
Pulitzer Prize Winner. Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company, 2013.
"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"--