The Goldfinch
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
Theo Decker, aged thirteen, is left alone in the world after surviving a catastrophe that kills his only close relative - his mother - and tears him away from everything he knows. Tormented by grief, drifting from home to home, he grows increasingly obsessed with a small, enchanting work of art which dominates his imagination and ultimately draws him, as an adult, into a much darker life than he could ever have foreseen.
'A masterpiece' The Times
'Astonishing' Guardian
'Superb' Daily Mail
'A gripping page turner' Independent on Sunday
'A triumph' Stephen King
'Dazzling' New York Times
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Donna Tartt's latest novel clocks in at an unwieldy 784 pages. The story begins with an explosion at the Metropolitan Museum that kills narrator Theo Decker's beloved mother and results in his unlikely possession of a Dutch masterwork called The Goldfinch. Shootouts, gangsters, pillowcases, storage lockers, and the black market for art all play parts in the ensuing life of the painting in Theo's care. With the same flair for suspense that made The Secret History (1992) such a masterpiece, The Goldfinch features the pulp of a typical bildungsroman Theo's dissolution into teenage delinquency and climb back out, his passionate friendship with the very funny Boris, his obsession with Pippa (a girl he first encounters minutes before the explosion) but the painting is the novel's secret heart. Theo's fate hinges on the painting, and both take on depth as it steers Theo's life. Some sentences are clunky ("suddenly" and "meanwhile" abound), metaphors are repetitive (Theo's mother is compared to birds three times in 10 pages), and plot points are overly coincidental (as if inspired by TV), but there's a bewitching urgency to the narration that's impossible to resist. Theo is magnetic, perhaps because of his well-meaning criminality. The Goldfinch is a pleasure to read; with more economy to the brushstrokes, it might have been great.
Kundenrezensionen
One of my favorite books ever!
I really fell in love with this book.
The Goldfinch
Incredible, wonderful scope of imagination and closely observed human relationships.
Nachdenklich - anregend
Ein sehr gutes Buch das es erlaubt sich in den Hauptcharakter hinein zu versetzen, angefangen von den Ereignissen im ersten Teil bis zum Ende. Es ist aber auch ein Buch das sehr persoenhlich werden kann, den Leser dazu anregt über Schluesselreignisse in seinem eigenen Leben nachzudenken und wie diese sein Leben bestimmt haben bzw. bestimmen. Sind wir nicht - wie der Goldfinken- an eine Kette gebunden und einer totalen Freiheit beraubt, trotz aller Freiheiten die wir meinen zu haben?