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The Goldfinch: A Novel

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Updated: October 22, 2013

Content length: 760 pages

language: English

Source: amazon

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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).

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What if a single painting could hold a life together? The Goldfinch answers with a story that’s as haunting as it is impossible to put down.

Thirteen-year-old Theo survives a bombing that kills his mother, and in the chaos, he tucks a small Dutch masterpiece—the Goldfinch—into his pocket. That painting becomes his anchor, a fragile link to the mother he lost, and a key that unlocks a world of art, wealth, and shadowy secrets. Donna Tartt weaves a 760-page epic that follows Theo from the polished halls of Park Avenue to the gritty backrooms of antique shops, tracing his journey through grief, obsession, and the messy work of growing up.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and hailed by Stephen King as “extraordinary—connecting with the heart as well as the mind,” this isn’t just a novel—it’s an immersion. You’ll feel Theo’s ache for his mother, his confusion in a world that doesn’t know how to hold him, and the quiet, dangerous pull of the painting that shapes his every choice. It’s long, it’s intense, and it stays with you—proof that some stories don’t just tell you about life, they let you live in it.