内容简介
"TheGoldfinchisararitythatcomesalongperhapshalfadozentimesperdecade,asmartlywrittenliterarynovelthatconnectswiththeheartaswellasthemind....DonnaTartthasdeliveredanextraordinaryworkoffiction."—StephenKing,TheNe
作者简介
DonnaTarttwasborninGreenwood,MississippiandisagraduateofBenningtonCollege.SheistheauthorofthenovelsTheSecretHistoryandTheLittleFriend,whichhavebeentranslatedintothirtylanguages.BiographyDonnaTarttexcelsatturningplacesofordinaryprivilegeintoplacestingedbyanxietyanddeath.Inherfirstnovel,TheSecretHistory,asmallliberalartscollegeinNewEnglandbecomestheplaygroundforadangerous,elitecliqueofscholars;inhernextnovel,TheLittleFriend,Mother’sDayinasmallMississippitownservesasthebackdropforthediscoveryofanine-year-oldboy’shanging.ThoughshehaswrittenseveralshortstoriesandessaysformagazinessuchasHarper’sandtheOxfordAmerican,littlehasbeenseenofTarttsincethepublicityblitzthataccompaniedTheSecretHistory’spublicationin1992.Thebookbecameabestseller,andcriticswerereservedlyenthusiastic.TartthadtakenonalotinTheSecretHistory.Itwaspartlyathriller,partlyacritiqueofacademe,andwasdenselypackedwithliteraryreferencesfrombothclassicalGreekandcontemporaryliterature.SomethoughtTartthadbittenoffmorethanshecouldchew,butshestillearnedpraiseforhersheerthematicambitionandherabilitytocreateatmosphereandadrivingpace.Ultimately,thebookwasenoughtoestablishtheMississippiwriterasatalentworthwatching,andtoinspireahandfulofdevotionalwebsitesthatdutifullyenumeratedherfew-and-far-betweenpublications.TheTarttshortstoriesthathavesinceappearedinmagazinesshowaglimpseofthetalentthatwowedprofessorsatUniversityofMississippi–aChristmaspageantgoescriminallyawry,aformerchildstargoesonwhatheconsidersadoomedvisittoahospitalizedchild–andheressaysfurtherrevealherskewedperspective.Finally,in2002andadecadeafterthedebutthatmadeherasensation,TarttpublishedTheLittleFriend.Thepremise,a12-year-oldgirl’sefforttoavengethemurderofherolderbrother,showsthatTartthasnotshiedawayfromherexplorationofthedarknessesthatlieunderneathseeminglyharmlessfacades.
