#Donna tartt- the goldfinch

[stardustanddiamonds]

Young Donna Tartt. You’re welcome.

[peacefulandcozy]

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[precalamity]

donna tartt is really good at writing books that make you think “oh, these characters GOTTA have gay sex” only for you to find out that they’ve been having gay sex the WHOLE TIME and it certainly hasn’t helped

[bazberkker]

TSH spoilers:

I feel like we as a fandom do not talk about Henry’s symbolism in TSH enough. Like, that dude is the literal embodiment of death, and I just think it’s so damn cool. I mean, his whole obsession with language and literature stemmed from the fact that he almost died in a car accident. And then every death we see in the book (the farmer’s, Bunny’s, and his very own) is directly at his hands. The others were accomplices, sure, but Henry’s the one who takes action every time. And in Francis’s failed suicide and Richard’s near death in the epilogue, they both see Henry, not Bunny or Charles or what have you.

Henry is not only obsessed with death, he IS death. He’s the reaper who’s friends toy with their mortality all the time through drugs and booze. The reason they all admire him is not only because of his size and stature and brilliance; it’s because he’s dangerous. If beauty is indeed terror, than he’s the most beautiful of them all. They all have the life preservation skills of a fly, so of course they love Henry. And of course his actions constantly bring them closer to danger and death.

[anouri]

Donna Tartt, from The Goldfinch (2013)

[texaschainsawmascara]

Donna Tartt

[smokefalls]

But sometimes, unexpectedly, grief pounded over me in waves that left me gasping; and when the waves washed back, I found myself looking out over a brackish wreck which was illumined in a light so lucid, so heartsick and empty, that I could hardly remember that the world had ever been anything but dead.

Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

[droptheguillotineplease]

if you close the door, the night could last forever

[starlightseraph]

watching my gay little doctor show and my gay little religion show and my gay little time travel show and my gay little english high society show and my gay little starfleet shows and reading my gay little dostoevsky books and my gay little donna tartt books and my gay little mary shelley books and listening to my gay little rock songs and my gay little classical pieces and watching my gay little—

[flowersforfrancis]

Wait. Wait..

[nope-nora]

Richard Siken, “You Are Jeff” | Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch | R.F. Kuang, Babel: An Arcane History | Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story | Benjamin Alire Saénz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe | Maggie Stievater, Call Down the Hawk | Olivie Blake, The Atlas Paradox

[ashtraygirlsblog]

donna tartt by gilles peress, 1993

[luciferslilith7]

Down the memory lane

@luciferslilith7

[bazberkker]

I would KILL to read TSH from Bunny’s POV. It would make for the perfect Greek tragedy and a killer thriller. Imagine reading his descent into insanity and paranoia. Imagine Italy from his perspective; his secret, almost sinful confessions to Julian; his pillow talks with Marion. I want to feel Henry’s betrayal and Bunny’s unease. I would eat that shit UP

[kissedmeinsane]

the goldfinch (2019) // nietzsche // the goldfinch (2019) // the goldfinch (2019) // eurydice // fabritius, the goldfinch // fyodor dostoyevsky // euripides // the wedding date (2005) // richard siken // the goldfinch (2019) // richard siken // donna tartt

[theartofperishingslowly]

Donna Tartt 🤝 gay youth with glasses who like doing drugs