The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

von Donna Tartt

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Beschreibung

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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Paperback

Seitenzahl

976

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Beiträge

10

3

Habe das Hörbuch mit zur Hälfte durchgehört. Danach bin ich zum Schluss übergegangen weil mich kiffende schniffende Jungs nicht interessieren. Das philosophische Ende hat mir durchaus gefallen. Aber das hätte Frau Tartt auch in weniger Seiten/Stunden hingekriegt.

4

Beeindruckendes Buch

Ihre Schreibweise gibt einen die Möglichkeit jede kleinste Erfahrung und Emotion von Theo hautnah mit zu erleben. Wirklich ein Buch das sich lohnt

5

Mit einer einzigartigen Schreibweise hat es Donna Tartt geschafft eine unvergesslich Geschichte mit Charakteren zu erschaffen, die ich in mein Herz geschlossen habe und mich noch lange gedanklich begleiten werden. Eine absolute Empfehlung!

5

Best book I’ve ever read.

4

A thoroughly enjoyable, winding tale - not sure it led anywhere in particular but it wasn't the point. A little dark and mysterious, a bit of The Catcher in the Rye in it, but with characters you actually want to get to know.

3

I can't even begin to tell you how painful it was to get done with this book and yet.. I am just not able to lower my rating. Mixed feelings ofcourse. RTC.

5

Dear Donna. I know that this world can be a cruel and unfair place. I have come to terms with it, as I think everybody has to at some point in their life, but there are a few injustices that bug me a bit more than others. Sexism and racism for example, or capitalism, or the inability of the global west to recognize what it did to the rest of the world. Or the fact that a single living person was blessed with as much writing genius as you were and was then also able to mold it into life-changingly impactful novels. Damn you, Donna. Leave some talent and for the rest of us you enigmatic temptress, will ya? Most of you probably already know that I am convinced The Secret History is one of the best novels ever written. Strong statement, but I stand by it. In fact, I loved it so much that I was CONVINCED that every other Donna Tartt book could only disappoint me. But boy, was I wrong. New York, the Met. Art thievery, drugs, antique shops, first love, coming of age, beauty, literature, friendship. Languages, paintings, canvasses, mental illness. Death. Mourning. And then: hope. There. I have put this 864 page tome into one, two, three, four, five... twenty-seven words for you. If you want more of everything I mentioned, more and more and more of Donna Tartt's magical prose, her slow, scrumptious writing, more scenes that are DRIPPING with literary brilliance, then by all means, do yourself a favor and read the damn Goldfinch. Do it, I implore you! And then march with me to the unknown location of Donna's resitdence and demand the next manuscript, because it's 2023 and the least she can do is GIVE US MORE ALREADY. Merci. Goodbye.

3

A good story with a good writing but way too long.

5

i feel like my heart has been ripped out of my chest.

3

I enjoyed every page of young Theo; but then adult Theo lost me.

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Beschreibung

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).

Haupt-Genre

N/A

Sub-Genre

N/A

Format

Paperback

Seitenzahl

976

Preis

N/A

Beiträge

10

3

Habe das Hörbuch mit zur Hälfte durchgehört. Danach bin ich zum Schluss übergegangen weil mich kiffende schniffende Jungs nicht interessieren. Das philosophische Ende hat mir durchaus gefallen. Aber das hätte Frau Tartt auch in weniger Seiten/Stunden hingekriegt.

4

Beeindruckendes Buch

Ihre Schreibweise gibt einen die Möglichkeit jede kleinste Erfahrung und Emotion von Theo hautnah mit zu erleben. Wirklich ein Buch das sich lohnt

5

Mit einer einzigartigen Schreibweise hat es Donna Tartt geschafft eine unvergesslich Geschichte mit Charakteren zu erschaffen, die ich in mein Herz geschlossen habe und mich noch lange gedanklich begleiten werden. Eine absolute Empfehlung!

5

Best book I’ve ever read.

4

A thoroughly enjoyable, winding tale - not sure it led anywhere in particular but it wasn't the point. A little dark and mysterious, a bit of The Catcher in the Rye in it, but with characters you actually want to get to know.

3

I can't even begin to tell you how painful it was to get done with this book and yet.. I am just not able to lower my rating. Mixed feelings ofcourse. RTC.

5

Dear Donna. I know that this world can be a cruel and unfair place. I have come to terms with it, as I think everybody has to at some point in their life, but there are a few injustices that bug me a bit more than others. Sexism and racism for example, or capitalism, or the inability of the global west to recognize what it did to the rest of the world. Or the fact that a single living person was blessed with as much writing genius as you were and was then also able to mold it into life-changingly impactful novels. Damn you, Donna. Leave some talent and for the rest of us you enigmatic temptress, will ya? Most of you probably already know that I am convinced The Secret History is one of the best novels ever written. Strong statement, but I stand by it. In fact, I loved it so much that I was CONVINCED that every other Donna Tartt book could only disappoint me. But boy, was I wrong. New York, the Met. Art thievery, drugs, antique shops, first love, coming of age, beauty, literature, friendship. Languages, paintings, canvasses, mental illness. Death. Mourning. And then: hope. There. I have put this 864 page tome into one, two, three, four, five... twenty-seven words for you. If you want more of everything I mentioned, more and more and more of Donna Tartt's magical prose, her slow, scrumptious writing, more scenes that are DRIPPING with literary brilliance, then by all means, do yourself a favor and read the damn Goldfinch. Do it, I implore you! And then march with me to the unknown location of Donna's resitdence and demand the next manuscript, because it's 2023 and the least she can do is GIVE US MORE ALREADY. Merci. Goodbye.

3

A good story with a good writing but way too long.

5

i feel like my heart has been ripped out of my chest.

3

I enjoyed every page of young Theo; but then adult Theo lost me.

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