The Goldfinch.
“I had the epiphany that laughter was light, and light was laughter, and that this was the secret of the universe": First edition of Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch; warmly inscribed by her
The Goldfinch.
TARTT, Donna.
$475.00
Item Number: 141045
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2013.
First edition of the bestselling author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “especially for John – on Halloween – Donna Tartt.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Keith Hayes. Jacket painting: The Goldfinch (1654) by Carel Fabritius. Author photograph by Beowulf Sheehan.
Composed with the skills of a master, The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America and a drama of enthralling force and acuity. A novel of striking narrative energy and power, it combines unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language, and breathtaking suspense, while plumbing with a philosopher's calm and deepest mysteries of love, identity and art. The story begins with a boy: Theo Decker, and moves silkily through the bewildering events of his life following the dramatic death of his mother. The novel was awarded the the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2014.
