2. DONNA TARTT
-born in Greenwood, Mississippi
in 1963
-3 novels in 3 decades, incidentally
-The Little Friend (2002), The
Goldfinch (2014)
-neoromantic style
3. THE BOOK
-aesthetic & beauty
-a murder book
-not a whodunit story
-all the characters are terrible
-set in the 90’s
-uses narration
4. The book suggests the idea that“any
action,in the fullnessof time, sinks to
nothingness”(Tartt, 2002, p.957).
The consequences ofthe thingswe dowill
fade away inthe longrun (Tartt, 2002).
NIHIL SUB SOLE
NOVUM.
5. REASONS WHY THIS IS A MUST
READ:
1. It’s a classic.
2. It’s a work of a literarygenius.
3. It haswonderful prose.
4. There are factsaboutdivisionsin
society.
5. It encourages ethics.