The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
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The Goldfinch
A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

Bestseller

Author: Donna Tartt

Narrator: David Pittu

Unabridged: 32 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/22/2013


Synopsis

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 from the author of The Secret History 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). 
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Author Bio

Donna Tartt is an American author who has achieved critical and public acclaim for her novels, which have been published in forty languages. Her first novel, The Secret History, was published in 1992. In 2003 she received the WH Smith Literary Award for her novel, The Little Friend, which was also nominated for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She won the Pulitzer Prize and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction for her most recent novel, The Goldfinch.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Pam on 2014-12-04 17:01:21

This is one of the longest books that I have ever listened to, but it was completely worth it. Great narration! I listen while driving, cooking, washing dishes, working in the garden, etc. With this book, I was at times just sitting and listening. There were times that it seemed a bit too much but it all fit into the whole scheme of things.

AudiobooksNow review by Craig on 2017-05-11 17:56:06

Fantastic book and well written. The main character was a bit of a winer and you begin to want to slap him near the end but all in all a great read cover to cover