The Resource The goldfinch, Donna Tartt
The goldfinch, Donna Tartt
Resource Information
The item The goldfinch, Donna Tartt represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The goldfinch, Donna Tartt represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, 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. The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America. It is a story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the enormous power of art
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 771 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316055437
- Label
- The goldfinch
- Title
- The goldfinch
- Statement of responsibility
- Donna Tartt
- Title variation
- Gold finch
- Subject
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- trueArt
- Artists -- Fiction
- Bildungsromans
- trueCrime
- trueCriminals
- trueDrug use
- trueFriendship
- trueGrief
- trueLas Vegas, Nevada
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction
- trueManhattan, New York City
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMisfits (Persons)
- trueMothers -- Death
- trueNew York City
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- trueObsession
- Self-realization -- Fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Young men -- Fiction
- trueAntique dealers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, 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. The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America. It is a story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the enormous power of art
- Award
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- ALA Notable Book, 2014
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, 2014.
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2013.
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2013
- New York Times Notable Book, 2013
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2014.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10220639
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Tartt, Donna
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3570.A657
- LC item number
- G65 2013
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Young men
- Loss (Psychology)
- Artists
- Self-realization
- New York (N.Y.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The goldfinch, Donna Tartt
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 771 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316055437
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2013028907
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Note
- Imprint varies.
- System control number
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- 855491725
- (OCoLC)855491725
- Label
- The goldfinch, Donna Tartt
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 771 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316055437
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2013028907
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Note
- Imprint varies.
- System control number
-
- 855491725
- (OCoLC)855491725
Subject
- trueArt
- Artists -- Fiction
- Bildungsromans
- trueCrime
- trueCriminals
- trueDrug use
- trueFriendship
- trueGrief
- trueLas Vegas, Nevada
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction
- trueManhattan, New York City
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMisfits (Persons)
- trueMothers -- Death
- trueNew York City
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- trueObsession
- Self-realization -- Fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Young men -- Fiction
- trueAntique dealers
Genre
Member of
Included in
- trueAndrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
- trueRecommended by Suzanne Temple
- truePulitzer Prize: Fiction
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2013
- trueLife in Art
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2014
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2013
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2013
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2014
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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