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The Goldfinch and our favorite (non YA) coming of age novels
Category: Arts
Duration: 01:03:04
Publish Date: 2017-01-11 06:30:35
Description:
This week on the MashReads Podcast, we read and discuss Donna Tartt's Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Goldfinch.
 
The Goldfinch starts with a boy named Theo as he experiences a terrorist attack at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The attack kills his mother, and in the confusing aftermath of the attack, Theo accidentally steals a painting called 'The Goldfinch' from the museum. From there, we follow Theo as he grows up, traveling from New York to Vegas and back to New York, all the while dealing with the grief of his mother's death and the anxiety of possessing a stolen and wanted painting.
 
Join us as we talk about writing about art, the difference between character and caricature and what Donna Tartt got right (and wrong) when writing about relationships in The Goldfinch.
 
Then, inspired by The Goldfinch we talk about our favorite non-YA coming of age stories including Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, The Magicians by Lev Grossman and The First Bad Man by Miranda July.
 
And as always, we end the show with recommendations.
  • Aliza recommends the Netflix adaptation of The Magicians. "Even at the points where I feel complicated about it, I like how it makes me think." She also recommends Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng.
  • Peter recommends the Iranian horror movie Under The Shadow. "It was just a very effecting and very moving movie."
  • MJ recommends Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. "When I finished reading this book, I immediately wanted to go re-read it again."
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