The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation. The Secret History tells the story of Richard Papen, a poor boy from California, who starts his studies at an east coast college. Richard is particularly int...
I finished reading The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt today and I'm breathing a huge sigh of relief. I have literally been on a mission to read this novel for several years now and I finally, at long last, found a copy at the library. As soon as I found it, cleverly disguised sans dust jacket, I imme...
Może wyjdę na odszczepieńca ale trudno. To moja pierwsza przygoda z D. Tartt niestety nie jestem nią oczarowany. Starałem się doszedłem do 606 strony i uznałem że dalsze męczenie tematu jest zbędne.Książkę mógłbym porównać do dawno czytanej mi bajki przez Mamę "Zupa z gwoździa". Podobnie tutaj "Szcz...
Theodore Decker's life was a mess, even before he stumbled museum, and subsequently, into a terrorist bombing with his mother.As fulfillment of an old man's dying wish in the wreckage of the museum, Theo leaves with a priceless painting, but without his mother. From that day on, Theo's life is spent...
I did it! I finally finished this 800-page beast. It took me over a week, and I have so many thoughts. The Goldfinch starts with thirteen-year-old Theo, who lives in New York City with his mother. One day, Theo’s mother is killed in a terrorist attack, and Theo spends the rest of his childhood bei...
I was hoping to like this book much more than I did, but alas! the only characters I cared anything about were Popper the dog, a couple of secondary characters unwittingly caught up in the train wreck of Theo Decker's life, and the title painting (which does indeed take on the significance of a char...
Pamiętacie Donnę Tart? Pisałem o niej kilka tygodni temu w ramach recenzji jej debiutu pt.: Tajemna historia. Dziś mam dla was recenzję jej najnowszej książki, którą zasłużyła sobie na nagrodę Pulitzera. Książki wielkiej, wspaniałej, dokładnej i ponadczasowej, a mianowicie Szczygła. Nie wiem jak ...
Five college students commit murder. They mercilessly kill one of their supposedly best friends. Someone that they used to trust, laugh with, share secrets with, and treat as their own family. But all of that changed over the semester. These seemingly ordinary students privately study the Classics w...
Dziś chciałbym napisać kilka słów o niesamowitym literackim debiucie. O książce tak innej od wszystkich jakie do tej pory czytałem, że aż trudno mi było się do niej ustosunkować. Wyobraźcie sobie bowiem młodego chłopaka, który po kilku próbach odnalezienia swojej życiowej drogi (nieudane studia medy...
Donna Tartt's "The Goldfinch" deserves every inch of praise that has been sent its way. I know a few people who have commented that at 771 pages, they couldn't finish it, but I read it twice in two months - first over the three-day Labor Day weekend, then again more slowly through October. It has...
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