The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) Contributor(s): Tartt, Donna (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316055441 ISBN-13: 9780316055444 Publisher: Back Bay Books OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Family Life - General |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 1.7" H x 5.9" W x 9.2" (1.80 lbs) 784 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Topical - Family - Sex & Gender - Gay |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 165262 Reading Level: 6.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 49.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 that connects with the heart as well as the mind (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review). 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. 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 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). |