![]() ![]() The fictional part is that his painting ” The Goldfinch ” is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where terrorist attacks happen (which was also fictional) that kills many people in the museum but there were many surprising events that connect the book to real life. Is the book based on a real story? The Goldfinch uses a true story about the Dutch painter Carel Fabritius, who died during the mid-1650s due to an explosion that killed many in the town few of his paintings were saved but most were destroyed. ![]() In a story about a young boy who loses his mother but in exchange he gains a love interest and a nice painting. New York Times Book Review editors selected the book as one of the 10 Best Books of 2013. The Novel was selected by Amazon Best Book of the year and listed as Number one in the Sunday Times list. Also shortlisted for Baileys Women’s prize for fiction and National book critics circle award. ![]() The Goldfinch was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2014. An Overview of the book | The Goldfinch by Donna Tarttĭonna Tartt’s Literary fiction, “The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt,” was published on September 23, 2013. ![]()
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