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The Secret History - (Vintage Contemporaries) by Donna Tartt (Paperback)
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About the Book
Original publication and copyright date: 1992.Book Synopsis
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A contemporary literary classic and an accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling (Village Voice), from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Goldfinch. Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and forever, and they discover how hard it can be to truly live and how easy it is to kill.Review Quotes
"The Secret History succeeds magnificently. . . . A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment. . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled." --The New York Times "An accomplished psychological thriller .... Absolutely chilling .... Tartt has a stunning command of the lyrical." --The Village Voice "Beautifully written, suspenseful from start to finish." --Vogue "A haunting, compelling, and brilliant piece of fiction .... Packed with literary allusion and told with a sophistication and texture that owes much more to the nineteenth century than to the twentieth." --The Times (London) "Her writing bewitches us .... The Secret History is a wonderfully beguiling book, a journey backward to the fierce and heady friendships of our school days, when all of us believed in our power to conjure up divinity and to be forgiven any sin." --The Philadephia Inquirer "A huge, mesmerizing, galloping read, pleasurably devoured .... Gorgeously written, relentlessly erudite." -Vanity Fair
About the Author
Donna Tartt won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for her most recent Novel. The Goldfinch Her novelsl The Secret History and The Little Friend were also international bestsellers. She was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, and is a graduate of Bennington College.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.9 Inches (H) x 1 Inches (W) x 5.2 Inches (D)
Weight: 1 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 576
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Series Title: Vintage Contemporaries
Publisher: Vintage
Format: Paperback
Author: Donna Tartt
Language: English
Street Date: January 25, 2022
TCIN: 11338835
UPC: 9781400031702
Item Number (DPCI): 059-04-7297
Origin: Made in the USA
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I've been trying to read this book over 6 times, to say the least, and every time I DNF it. If you don't know what DNF means it is an acronym for DID NOT FINISH. I usually stick through books because I dislike DNF, but this book isn't my cup of tea. I saw that it was very popular on TikTok which is why I bought it but it was just so boring to me...30 pages in and I still didn't get the excitement. Don't get me wrong I love Greek Mythology but this book just didn't do it for me. Hopefully, I can read this book fully one day but yeah.
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