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About this book
Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Donna Tartt's novel The Goldfinch enjoyed a meteoric rise since its debut in October 2013. The Goldfinch is Tartt's third novel after the very successful The Secret History (1992) and The Little Friend (2002) and enjoyed an initial printing of 75,000 copies by publisher Little, Brown, and Company.
Frustratingly for fans of the author, it took Tartt almost 11 years to complete The Goldfinch, but it became one of the most anticipated books of 2013, and it quickly became a best seller. Interestingly, although most Pulitzer Prize winning novels only become best sellers after they win the illustrious award, The Goldfinch was the opposite�it enjoyed a great critical and audience reception long before it was nominated for the Pulitzer.
In a common pattern for Tartt, The Goldfinch is a long book, finishing at over 700 pages. The simple dust jacket design features the image of a painting of a goldfinch peeking through ripped paper. Later editions of the book will surely update the dust jacket to indicate its win of the Pulitzer Prize.
Tartt is a quiet and very private writer, so signed, first edition copies of The Goldfinch are rare and will only continue to skyrocket in value. Further, if Tartt continues to write and publish such excellent and well-received novels, the overall value of her entire repertoire of novels will rise as well. Since The Goldfinch is such a large and thus heavy book, collectors wishing to maintain the highest quality will want to be especially careful not to bend or place any undue pressure on the spine.
Frustratingly for fans of the author, it took Tartt almost 11 years to complete The Goldfinch, but it became one of the most anticipated books of 2013, and it quickly became a best seller. Interestingly, although most Pulitzer Prize winning novels only become best sellers after they win the illustrious award, The Goldfinch was the opposite�it enjoyed a great critical and audience reception long before it was nominated for the Pulitzer.
In a common pattern for Tartt, The Goldfinch is a long book, finishing at over 700 pages. The simple dust jacket design features the image of a painting of a goldfinch peeking through ripped paper. Later editions of the book will surely update the dust jacket to indicate its win of the Pulitzer Prize.
Tartt is a quiet and very private writer, so signed, first edition copies of The Goldfinch are rare and will only continue to skyrocket in value. Further, if Tartt continues to write and publish such excellent and well-received novels, the overall value of her entire repertoire of novels will rise as well. Since The Goldfinch is such a large and thus heavy book, collectors wishing to maintain the highest quality will want to be especially careful not to bend or place any undue pressure on the spine.
Summary
The Goldfinch is a novel by the American author Donna Tartt. It won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, among other honors. Published in 2013, it was Tartt’s first novel since The Little Friend in 2002.
The novel is a coming-of-age tale told in the first person. The protagonist, 13-year-old Theodore Decker, survives a terrorist bombing at an art museum where his mother is killed. While staggering through the debris, he takes with him a small Dutch Golden Age painting called The Goldfinch. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. 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 his unbearable longing for his mother, he clings to one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art.
First Edition Identification
The first US edition was published by Little, Brown and Company, and states First Edition: October 2013 on the copyright page along with full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Boards are white cloth with black lettering on front and spine. Dust jacket lacks any reviews.
The UK first edition states "First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Little, Brown" and lacks any reference to reprints. Boards are black with silver lettering on the spine. Dust jacket has no reviews. The back of the dust jacket has a passage from the book - the main character describing his first encounter with the Goldfinch oil painting.
The Goldfinch was first published in September 2013 as Het puttertje in Dutch by De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam. The U.S. and UK editions were released a month later. Details
- Title The Goldfinch
- Author Donna Tartt
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 784
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Little Brown and Company, New York
- Date 2013-10-22
- ISBN 9780316055437 / 0316055433
- Weight 2.4 lbs (1.09 kg)
- Dimensions 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.8 in (23.88 x 16.26 x 4.57 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Dixon
- Sex & Gender: Gay
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Topical: Family
- Topical: Lgbt
- Topical: Library Reads
- Library of Congress subjects New York (N.Y.), Suspense fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013028907
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 09/01/2013, Page 38
- Booklist Editors Choice/Adult, 01/01/2014, Page 10
- BookPage, 11/01/2013, Page 0
- Christian Century, 12/10/2014, Page 26
- Entertainment Weekly, 03/21/2014, Page 67
- Kirkus Best Fiction, 11/15/2013, Page 37
- Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/2013, Page 26
- Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview, 08/15/2013, Page 16
- Library Journal, 05/01/2013, Page 0
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 05/01/2013, Page 59
- New York Review of Books, 01/09/2014, Page 10
- New York Times Book Review, 12/15/2013, Page 12
- New Yorker (The), 10/21/2013, Page 100
- NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 12/08/2013, Page 26
- People Weekly, 02/10/2014, Page 59
- Publishers Weekly, 07/29/2013, Page 0
- Romantic Times, 10/01/2013, Page 46
- Shelf Awareness, 12/13/2013, Page 0
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