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A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an explosion that takes the life of his mother. Alone and determined to avoid being taken in by the city as an orphan, Theo scrambles between nights in friends' apartments and on the city streets. He becomes entranced by the one thing...

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Main Author: Tartt, Donna
Other Authors: Pittu, David
Format: Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook
Language:English
Published: Ashland : Hachette Book Group, 2013.
Edition:Unabridged.
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Self-realization > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Fiction.
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Summary:A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an explosion that takes the life of his mother. Alone and determined to avoid being taken in by the city as an orphan, Theo scrambles between nights in friends' apartments and on the city streets. He becomes entranced by the one thing that reminds him of his mother: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that soon draws Theo into the art underworld. Composed with the skills of a master, 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.
Item Description:Unabridged.
Physical Description:1 online resource (32 audio files) : digital
Playing Time:32:24:50
Format:Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 911876 KB).
ISBN:9781478980490
Author Notes:Donna Tartt was born in Greenwood, Mississippi on December 23, 1963. She wrote her first novel while attending Bennington College, where she graduated in 1986. The novel, The Secret History, was published in 1992. Her other works include The Little Friend, which won the WH Smith Literary Award in 2003, and The Goldfinch, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2014 for Best Fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2013 and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence for Fiction. In 2014, Time named Tartt among their 100 Most Influential People.

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