The goldfinch /
"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 take...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
2013.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 771 pages ; 25 cm |
| Awards: | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2014 |
| ISBN: | 0316055433 (hardback) 9780316055437 (hardback) 0316242373 (international) 9780316242370 (international) |