Please join American Center Book Club to discuss a great contemporary American novel by Donna Tartt. When he was just 13 years old, Theo Decker, the son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother and clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a small, strangely captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal underworld.
The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America and a drama of enthralling power. Combining unforgettably vivid characters and thrilling suspense, it is a sweeping story of loss and obsession, a triumph of survival and self-invention, of the deepest mysteries of love, identity, and fate.
This novel received the 2014 Pulitzer Prize and was well received by literary critics worldwide. Once you finish reading the book, please join us at the American Center for the discussion.
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