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Es passiert, als Theo Decker dreizehn Jahre alt ist. An dem Tag, an dem er mit seiner Mutter ein New Yorker Museum besucht, verändert ein schreckliches Unglück sein Leben für immer. Er verliert sie unter tragischen Umständen und bleibt allein und auf sich gestellt zurück, sein Vater hat ihn schon lange im Stich gelassen. Theo versinkt in tiefer Trauer, die ihn lange nicht mehr loslässt. Auch das Gemälde, das seit dem fatalen Ereignis verbotenerweise in seinem Besitz ist und ihn an seine Mutter erinnert, kann ihm keinen Trost spenden. Ganz im Gegenteil: Mit jedem Jahr, das vergeht, kommt er immer weiter von seinem Weg ab und droht, in kriminelle Kreise abzurutschen. Und das Gemälde, das ihn auf merkwürdige Weise fasziniert, scheint ihn geradezu in eine Welt der Lügen und falschen Entscheidungen zu ziehen, in einen Sog, der ihn unaufhaltsam mit sich reißt . . .
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
Theo Decker, aged thirteen, is left alone in the world after surviving a catastrophe that kills his only close relative - his mother - and tears him away from everything he knows. Tormented by grief, drifting from home to home, he grows increasingly obsessed with a small, enchanting work of art which dominates his imagination and ultimately draws him, as an adult, into a much darker life than he could ever have foreseen.
'A masterpiece' The Times
'Astonishing' Guardian
'Superb' Daily Mail
'A gripping page turner' Independent on Sunday
Theo Decker, aged thirteen, is left alone in the world after surviving a catastrophe that kills his only close relative - his mother - and tears him away from everything he knows. Tormented by grief, drifting from home to home, he grows increasingly obsessed with a small, enchanting work of art which dominates his imagination and ultimately draws him, as an adult, into a much darker life than he could ever have foreseen.
'A masterpiece' The Times
'Astonishing' Guardian
'Superb' Daily Mail
'A gripping page turner' Independent on Sunday
Produktdetails
Erscheinungsdatum
19. Juni 2014
Sprache
englisch
Untertitel
Sprache: Englisch.
Seitenanzahl
880
Autor/Autorin
Donna Tartt
Verlag/Hersteller
Produktart
kartoniert
Gewicht
589 g
Größe (L/B/H)
195/123/43 mm
ISBN
9780349139630
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LovelyBooks-Bewertung am 03.03.2022
Ein wunderbar konstruierter Roman, in dem einfach alles passt!
LovelyBooks-Bewertung am 17.08.2018
¿The Secret History¿ still on my mind, I didn¿t hesitate to read Donna Tartts` ¿The Goldfinch¿. Now turning the last page I don¿t regret spending my time with Theo Decker.Theo himself tells his story, he reviews his life, a life full of yearnings, secrets, friendship, failures, lies and lessons to be learned. At the age of thirteen, Theo and his beloved mother get caught in a destructive catastrophe in their favorite museum. Just a few moments before the blast of a bomb, Theo was watching at the tiny painting ¿The Goldfinch¿ of the painter Fabritius with his mother. She told him her love for this small piece of art, she told him the story of Fabritius, a pupil of Rembrandt who died in an explosion in Delft himself. Everything of his art was destroyed besides this little piece of art. Now, a few minutes later, Theos¿ life has changed upside down. He is hurt, confused, alone. Between all the noise, mess and destruction, the only person near him is an old man, he has just noticed in the rooms of the museum because of the red haired girl in his company. The man is badly hurt, Theo can¿t help him besides taking a ring and a message from him. And the severe request to evacuate the ¿Goldfinch¿ painting. It takes Theo a long time to face the fact that he is now an art thief, it takes him some time, because there is so much else to face. The death of his mother, the fact that his grandparents don¿t want him to live with them, the absence of his father.Donna Tartt has created Theos story full of melancholy and self-destruction, but also full of suspense and love. A perfect, intelligent, long lasting story. Love it!