Fiction
Related: About this forumPULITZER PRIZE: Donna Tartt's "THE GOLDFINCH"!!!!!
Just heard this on the NBC evening news and I am loving it!
Hooray!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)So many many books....I gotta prioritize the list again.
Little_Wing
(417 posts)It really was a phenomenal journey, captured in compelling prose. Good for her!
I'm in the middle of The Secret History and can recognize the growth of her voice and art from this first work to the latest.
Paladin
(28,262 posts)I hope they do a decent job.
Mz Pip
(27,449 posts)Her characters are so unusual and interesting and she really brings them to life.
I really enjoyed The Secret History, too.
Paladin
(28,262 posts)womanofthehills
(8,712 posts)was one of my favorite parts of the book.
It's a book I keep thinking about months after finishing it.
Paladin
(28,262 posts)I hope the movie does it justice.
Phentex
(16,334 posts)I was sucked in right away and kept wanting to read more. I've had a few people say the opposite. (?)
Paladin
(28,262 posts)But I have heard a few folks had a hard time getting started with it.
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)Looking forward to it.
Paladin
(28,262 posts)Paladin
(28,262 posts)In today's NY Times Book Review, there's an interview with her, in which she says that "The Goldfinch" is one of several books she's currently reading.
llmart
(15,540 posts)I am almost finished and parts of it are depressing to me because I'm feeling sorry for all this guy has gone through in his life. The prose is amazing though and it is very well written. Maybe summertime isn't the time to read something like this
Paladin
(28,262 posts)It is beautifully written, isn't it? And once again: I hope the movie does justice to the novel.