Щегол by Donna Tartt
A teenage boy survives a terrorist bombing at an art museum that kills his mother and, in a moment of shock, steals a small, famous painting of a goldfinch; the theft becomes the secret center of his adult life. Haunted by grief and guilt, he drifts through addiction, criminal schemes and fraught relationships while a turbulent friendship formed abroad and the painting pull him into the shadowy art world. The novel is an elegiac, suspenseful coming-of-age about loss, obsession, and how beauty can both save and ruin a life.
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- Published
- 2013
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Very Long
- Pages
- 700-800 pages
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
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- Der Distelfink
- El jilguero
- Il cardellino
- Le Chardonneret
- The Goldfinch
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