The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Book Analysis)
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Book Analysis)
Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
Read more
This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including guilt, crime and the differing responses to trauma. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
This clear and detailed 44-page reading guide is structured as follows:
- Biography of Donna Tartt
- Presentation of The Goldfinch
- Summary of The Goldfinch
- Character study
- Theo Decker
- Audrey Decker
- Larry Decker
- Boris Pavlikovsky
- James “Hobie” Hobart
- Pippa
- Analysis of The Goldfinch
- Morality
- Trauma and grief
About The Goldfinch
The title of The Goldfinch refers to one of the few surviving paintings by Carel Fabritius, a pupil of Rembrandt. The painting is stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York by 13-year-old Theo Decker in the aftermath of the terrorist attack that kills his mother. In the years that follow, Theo is sent to live with his abusive alcoholic father, becomes friends with Boris, who has had a similarly troubled upbringing, and is gradually drawn into the criminal underworld. The Goldfinch was both a critical and commercial success, topping bestseller lists around the world and winning multiple literary prizes.
About Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt is an American writer. She studied at the University of Mississippi and then Bennington College (which bears numerous similarities to the fictional Hampden College in The Secret History), and as a student attracted the attention of the writers Willie Morris and Barry Hannah. Her first novel, The Secret History, was published in 1992; this was followed by The Little Friend in 2003, and The Goldfinch, which won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, in 2013. Her work often deals with the themes of social class, guilt and aesthetic beauty.
Product details
ISBN | 9782808019309 |
---|---|
Publisher | Plurilingua Publishing |
Collection | Brightsummaries.com |
Format | |
Pages | 44 |
File size | 2.2 MB |