The Goldfinch (novel)
First edition | |
| Author | Donna Tartt |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | The painting used on the cover is The Goldfinch (1654) by Carel Fabritius |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Literary fiction |
| Published | September 23, 2013 |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print, e-book, audiobook |
| Pages | 771 |
| ISBN | 9781408704950 |
The Goldfinch is a novel by the American author Donna Tartt. It won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Published in 2013, it followed The Little Friend in 2002.
The Goldfinch follows 13-year-old Theodore Decker, and the dramatic changes his life undergoes after he survives a terrorist attack at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that kills his mother and results in him coming into possession of Carel Fabritius's painting The Goldfinch.