![]() ![]() As he grieves, he focuses on a small picture of a bird – Dutch artist Carel Fabritius's 17th century painting – which reminds him of her. ![]() Tartt writes about how, following the death of his mother in a terrorist bombing, teenager Theo is taken in by the family of a rich friend, and how. While the New York Times described it as "a novel that pulls together all remarkable storytelling talents into a rapturous, symphonic whole and reminds the reader of the immersive, stay-up-all-night pleasures of reading", in the UK, the Sunday Times found that "no amount of straining for high-flown uplift can disguise the fact that The Goldfinch is a turkey". "Wouldn't you be surprised?" replied the author, who also told USA Today that the reason it took her 11 years to finish The Goldfinch was because "it's a long book".Īlso shortlisted for the Baileys prize for women's fiction, The Goldfinch has drawn mixed reviews. She told USA Today that she was "very happy and very delighted" to win the award – her first major literary prize – and also "surprised". It is the American author's third novel, after her bestselling debut The Secret History, and 2002's The Little Friend. ![]() Tartt's win of the $100,000 (£60,000) award puts The Goldfinch alongside former winners including The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck – 75 years old this week – Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton and, last year, The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson. ![]()
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