Description |
771 pages ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
Contents |
Boy with a skull -- the anatomy lesson -- park avenue -- morphine lollipop -- badr al-dine -- wind, sand and stars -- the-shop-behind-the-shop -- the-shop-behind-the-shop, continued -- everything of possibility -- the idiot -- the gentleman's canal -- the rendezvous point |
Summary |
"The author of the classic bestsellers The Secret History and The Little Friend returns with a brilliant, highly anticipated new novel. A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously 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. 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. It is a story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the enormous power of art"-- |
Notes |
Title from web page |
Credits |
Produced and directed by Cheryl Smith ; recorded by Jared O'Connell |
Cast |
Read by David Pittu |
Notes |
Accelerated Reader Grades 9-12 6.6 49 SD Quiz 165262 English fiction |
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2014 |
Subject |
Artists -- Fiction.
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Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction.
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Self-realization -- Fiction.
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Young men -- Fiction.
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Art -- Fiction.
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Family life -- Fiction.
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Friendship -- Fiction.
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Self-acceptance -- Fiction.
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Survival -- Fiction.
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SUBJECT |
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108377
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Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Author |
Pittu, David.
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LC no. |
2013028907 |
ISBN |
0316055433 (hardcover) |
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0316242373 (international) |
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9780316055437 (hardcover) |
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0316239879 (large print) |
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9780316239875 (large print) |
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9780316242370 (international) |
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