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The goldfinch /

by Tartt, Donna [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Back Bay Books, Little Brown and Company, 2015.Edition: First Back Bay paperback edition.Description: 771 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780316055444 (pbk.) :; 0316055441 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Young men -- Fiction | Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction | Artists -- Fiction | Self-realization -- Fiction | FICTION / Coming of Age | FICTION / Family Life | FICTION / Literary | New York (N.Y.) -- FictionSummary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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