Donna Tartt Books

Truly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic, Donna Tartt's cult bestseller The Secret History is a remarkable achievement - both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful.'A haunting, compelling and brilliant piece of fiction' The Times'So irresistible and seductive it's almost a guilty pleasure' GuardianUnder 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 for ever.'Enthralling . . . image the plot of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment crossed with the story of Euripides' Bacchae set against the backdrop of Bret Easton Ellis's The Rules of Attraction . . . forceful, cerebral and impeccably controlled . . . ferociously well-paced . . . remarkably powerful' The New York Times'Donna Tartt is an amazingly good writer. She's dense, she's allusive. She's a gorgeous storyteller' Stephen KingDonna Tartt was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, and is a graduate of Bennington College. She is the author of the novels The Secret History and The Little Friend, which have been translated into thirty languages, and The Goldfinch.

"The author of the classic bestsellers The Secret History and The Little Friend returns with a brilliant, highly anticipated new novel. A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an accident that takes the life of his mother. Alone and abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by a friend's family and struggles to make sense of his new life. In the years that follow, he becomes entranced by one of the few things that reminds him of his mother: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the art underworld. Composed with the skills of a master, The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America, and a drama of almost unbearable acuity and power. It is a story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the enormous power of art"--

This is an anthology of fiction, by those who began publishing in the 1990s. The authors include Terry McMillan, Mark Leyner, Jeffrey Eugenides, Paul Watkins, William Vollman, Darcey Steinke and Dorothy Alison.

Growing up in a small Mississippi town in a family haunted by the murder of her brother, Robin, Harriet Cleve Dusfresnes lives in a world of her imagination, until, at the age of twelve, she decides to find Robin's murderer and exact her revenge.

Described as "the closest thing to a rock star" in graphic design today (USA Today), Chip Kidd is universally recognized as an American master of contemporary book design. At the forefront of a revolution in publishing, Kidd's iconic covers, with their inventive marriage of type and found images, have influenced an entire generation of design practitioners in many fields.Chip Kidd: Book One collects all of his book covers and designs for the first time, as well as hundreds of developmental sketches and concepts-annotated by Kidd and by many of the best-selling authors he's worked with over the years. The result is an important contribution to the design canon today as well as a visually dazzling (and often hilarious) insider's look at the design and publishing process.The book also showcases Kidd's work with comics and graphic novels, including his collaborations with leading artists and writers in the field. Featured are projects for DC Comics, including Batman and Superman, as well as Kidd's award-winning exploration of the art of Charles M. Schulz. Chip Kidd: Book One is sure to enthrall design aficionados, book lovers, pop-culture fanatics, comics fans, and design students.

Pursuing a murderer who has escaped into Indian Territory, U.S. Marshal Rooster J. Cogburn teams up with a bounty-hunting Texas Ranger and Mattie Ross, a cantankerous young lady who is bent on revenge.

16 nouvelles inédites par les maîtres du suspense américain.

Oorspronkelijk gepubliceerd in Harper's Magazine vol. 285 (1992), No. 1706 (01 07), pag. 60 (7). "To celebrate the 60th birthday of the dutch publisher De Bezige Bij. Donna Tartt have wrote this little story among other authors from the dutch publisher." 'Ik droomde van Nimmerland, van Disneyland, van Oz en van andere landen die helemaal geen naam hadden, met sprekende beren en zwaanprinsen. Soms ving ik, in de slaperige gloed van de gaskachel, een glimp op van het kampvuur van Huck en Tom, daar op hun zandbank in de Mississippi. En soms veranderde 's nachts het gerammel van een langsrijdende vrachtwagen in de logge tred van een dinosaurus die, met zijn kop boven de telefoondraden, kwam aansjokken door de maanovergoten verlaten straten.'

Drie verhalen. Het titelverhaal is gesitueerd in een kinderziekenhuis, waar een acteur die z'n hoogtijdagen vijftig jaar geleden beleefde, een patiëntje met kanker gaat bezoeken. Inmiddels heeft hij zelf ook de gevreesde ziekte onder de leden ... 'Sluimerstad': de overgrootvader van de vertelster heeft een onwankelbaar vertrouwen in antibiotica en gebruikt deze geneesmiddelen frequent, als een preventief middel. Door omstandigheden kan de oude man ook zijn stempel drukken op de opvoeding van de vertelster. Zo komt het dat ze grote hoeveelheden hoestsiroop met codeïne drinkt, en 's avonds voor het slapengaan een glas whiskey. Als gevolg van dit alles brengt ze bijna twee jaar door in "een nogal sterk veranderde bewustzijnstoestand" ... 'Een kousebandslang': De negenjarige Marty is gek op alles wat kruipt, rent, vliegt en zwemt, met ėėn uitzondering; slangen. Zelfs boeken waarin deze dieren zijn afgebeeld zorgen voor volslagen paniek. Dan komt er een vervelend neefje logeren, een echte dierenbeul..

Richard Papen s devetnaest je godina prvi put došao u Novu Englesku kako bi se upisao na Hampdenski koledž. Slatki i tajnoviti ritmovi unutrašnjeg života kampusa ubrzo će ga osvojiti, a posebno će ga očarati pet studenata grčkog. Oni su načitani, rječiti, samosvjesni i nedodirljivi. Creme de la creme. Ipak, samo na prvi pogled. Richard će im se uspjeti približiti i ubrzo biti uvučen u njihov zatvoreni elitistički krug. Saznat će tajnu koja ih tako čvrsto povezuje. Tajnu o događajima koji su se odigrali u gluho doba jedne noći kada je prastari obred bio oživljen, nakon čega je uslijedila okrutna smrt jednog od njih. A to je bio tek početak. Psihološki triler Tajna povijest roman prvijenac Donne Tartt prije deset godina izbacio ju je u samo žarište književnog interesa, izvrsne kritike pljuštale su jednakom mjerom od kritičara, renomiranih spisatelja i publike, a brojke o prodaji i tjedni provedeni na bestseller listama to su samo potvrdili. Uživajte u još jednom književnom dragulju u hrvatskom prijevodu Tine Antonini, popraćenom ilustracijom Nenada Martića.