The Goldfinch

唐娜．塔特《金翅雀》
美國亞馬遜書店年度選書！史上最暢銷小說家史蒂芬‧金力讚，十年來難得一見的精彩故事！

紐約大都會博物館的一場意外爆炸案，奪走了男孩Theo Decker母親的性命。13歲的他，在這場意外中奇蹟般倖存，但是幸運生還的他卻不幸被父親遺棄，好在Theo一位家境富裕同學的雙親願意收養他，於是他便住進了他們一家位於紐約公園大道上的豪華住宅。搬進新家的他，對於陌生的環境感到不知所措；在學校碰壁的人際相處也讓他備感挫折，但是最為折磨人、教他無法承受的，還是失去母親的傷痛。

但是，這場事故卻意外讓他擁有了一幅館藏畫作，一幅出自荷蘭畫家Carel Fabritius之手、名為「The Goldfinch」的畫作。這幅畫是唯一能讓他追憶母親的慰藉，但同時也即將將他帶向幽深黑暗的藝術世界……
A young New Yorker grieving his mother's death is pulled into a gritty underworld of art and wealth in this "extraordinary" and beloved Pulitzer Prize winner from the author of The Secret History that "connects with the heart as well as the mind" (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review).

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).