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| Author | Donna Tartt |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | The painting used on the cover is The Goldfinch (1654) by Carel Fabritius |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Literary fiction |
| Published | September 23, 2013 |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print, e-book, audiobook |
| Pages | 771 |
| ISBN | 9781408704950 |
The Goldfinch is a novel by the American author Donna Tartt. It won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, among other honors.[1] Published in 2013, it was Tartt's first novel since The Little Friend in 2002.[2]
The Goldfinch centers on 13-year-old Theodore Decker, and the dramatic changes his life undergoes after he survives a terrorist attack at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that kills his mother and results in him coming into possession of Carel Fabritius's painting The Goldfinch.
- ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes - Citation". pulitzer.org.
- ^ Flood, Alison (13 February 2013). "Donna Tartt to publish first novel for 11 years". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 October 2013.