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). 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.
He is alienated and in love - and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. 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.Īs an adult, Theo moves silkily between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty labyrinth of an antiques store where he works. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. It is a story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the enormous power of art"-īook 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 that "connects with the heart as well as the mind" (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review). 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.
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. Alone and abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by a friend's family and struggles to make sense of his new life. A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an accident that takes the life of his mother. About the Book "The author of the classic bestsellers The Secret History and The Little Friend returns with a brilliant, highly anticipated new novel.
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