Most Popular Books by Donna Tartt

A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE''S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (Village Voice), from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Goldfinch. One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality. “A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled.” —The New York Times

_______________ ''In a literary age of diet and dearth, Tartt invites us to feast ... the opening tragedy strikes a note of rich, flamboyant Southern Gothic that resonates throughout'' - Independent ''You will rarely have read better ... Because of Tartt''s mastery of suspense, this book will grip readers all the way through to its bitter end'' - Guardian ''Destined to become a special kind of classic - a book that precocious young readers pluck from their parents'' shelves and devour with surreptitious eagerness, thrilled to discover a writer who seems at once to read their minds and to offer up the sweet-and-sour fruits of exotic, forbidden knowledge'' - New York Times Book Review _______________ A beautiful new limited edition paperback of The Little Friend, Donna Tartt''s huge selling second novel, follow up to the worldwide bestseller The Secret History, published as part of the Bloomsbury Modern Classics list The sunlit rails gleamed like dark mercury, arteries branching out silver from the switch points; the old telegraph poles were shaggy with kudzu and Virginia creeper and, above them, rose the water tower, its surface all washed out by the sun. Harriet, cautiously, stepped towards it in the weedy clearing. Around and around it she walked, around the rusted metal legs. One day is never, ever discussed by the Cleve family. The day that nine-year-old Robin was found hanging by the neck from a tree in their front garden. Twelve years later the family are no nearer to uncovering the truth of what happened to him. Inspired by Houdini and Robert Louis Stevenson, twelve-year-old Harriet sets out to find her brother''s murderer – and punish him. But what starts out as a child''s game soon becomes a dangerous journey into the menacing underworld of a small Mississippi town.

A young New Yorker grieving his mother''s death is pulled into a gritty underworld of art and wealth in this “extraordinary” and beloved novel that "connects with the heart as well as the mind" (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review), named a New York Times Best Book of the 21st Century. Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don''t know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by a longing for his mother, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into a wealthy and insular art community. As an adult, Theo moves silkily between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty labyrinth of an antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love — and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. The Goldfinch is a mesmerizing, stay-up-all-night and tell-all-your-friends triumph, an old-fashioned story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention. From the streets of New York to the dark corners of the art underworld, this "soaring masterpiece" examines the devastating impact of grief and the ruthless machinations of fate (Ron Charles, Washington Post).

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction[Bokinfo].

Richard Papen stammt aus einfachen Verhältnissen. Als er aufgrund eines Stipendiums das College besuchen kann, ist er gleich fasziniert von der ihm fremden Welt. Besonders zieht ihn eine Gruppe junger Studenten in den Bann, mit denen er nicht nur Griechisch lernt, sondern auch ausgelassen feiert. Doch bald spürt er, dass unter der Oberfläche unerschütterlicher Freundschaft Spannungen lauern und dass ein furchtbares Geheimnis seine Freunde belastet – ein Geheimnis, das auch ihn mehr und mehr in seinen dunklen, mörderischen Sog zieht.

Contains poetry, fiction, and essays that either address the abiding influence of fairy tales on contemporary literature and culture, or are themselves contemporary fairy tales in prose or verse.

Theo Decker er 13 år, dan han på mirakuløs vis overlever en eksplosion på et kunstmuseum i New York, mens hans elskede mor omkommer. Ved ulykken kommer han i besiddelse af et værdifuldt kunstværk fra 1600-tallet - et fascinerende billede af en lille fugl, Stillidsen. Han bærer det eftertragtede maleri med sig igennem sin ungdom, og efterhånden trækkes han ind i kunstens kriminelle og dødsensfarlige underverden. "Stillidsen" er en gribende fortælling om en ung mands dannelse og en uforglemmelig odyssé gennem Amerika. Et fængslende drama om tab og overlevelse, kærlighed, identitet og skæbne. Donna Tartt (1963) er født i Greenwood, Mississippi. Hun debuterede med Den hemmelige historie, der blev en enorm international succes. Ti år senere udkom Den lille ven. Det har taget tolv år at skrive Stillidsen. Donna Tartt er også essayist og krititker. "En overdådig kunstforelsket knaldroman" - Kim Skotte, Politiken (6 hjerter) "''Stilidsen'' er en sjældenhed, som indfinder sig, måske, fem-seks gange i løbet af et årti, en flot litterær roman, der rører både hjerte og tanker" - Stephen King, New York Times Book Review Donna Tartt (f. 1963) har skrevet DEN HEMMELIGE HISTORIE (1992) og DEN LILLE VEN (2002). Begge blev internationationale bestsellere. Donna Tartt er en af de betydeligste amerikanske stemmer.

Introduit dans le cercle privilégié d''une université du Vermont, un jeune boursier californien intègre peu à peu un petit groupe d''étudiants de la grande bourgeoisie. Il découvre un monde insoupçonné de luxe, d''arrogance intellectuelle et de sophistication, en même temps que l''alcool, la drogue et d''étranges pratiques sataniques. Très vite, il pressent qu''on lui cache quelque chose de terrible et d''inavouable, un meurtre sauvage et gratuit qui l''entraîne, lui et ses camarades, dans un abîme de chantage, de trahison et de cruauté.