What is this book about?
Thirteen-year-old Theodore Decker survives an attack at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, but his mother is killed. In the aftermath, he comes into possession of The Goldfinch, a painting by Carel Fabritius. Donna Tartt’s novel follows the changes that this event brings to his life.
The painting provides both the book’s title and a central element of its premise. Published in 2013, The Goldfinch won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Source: The Goldfinch (novel)
Award recognition
Fiction| Year | Book / recipient | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Donna Tartt | National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction | finalistSource |
| 2014 | Donna Tartt | Women's Prize for Fiction | shortlistedSource |
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