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MPN
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ISBN
0679410325
Book Title
Secret History
Item Length
9.5in
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Year
1992
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.6in
Author
Donna Tartt
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Psychological, Classics, Thrillers / Suspense
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
29.8 Oz
Number of Pages
544 Pages

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Donna Tartt, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prizefor hermost recent novel, "The Goldfinch," established herself as a major talent with "The Secret" "History, " which has become acontemporary classic. 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. "From the Trade Paperback edition.""

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679410325
ISBN-13
9780679410324
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1459693

Product Key Features

Book Title
Secret History
Author
Donna Tartt
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Classics, Thrillers / Suspense
Publication Year
1992
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
544 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.6in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
29.8 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3570.A657s4 1992
Reviews
"A beautifully written story, well-told, funny, sad, scary, and impossible to leave alone until I finished. . . . What a debut!" --John Grisham "Powerful . . . Enthralling . . . A ferociously well-paced entertainment." -- The New York Times "An accomplished psychological thriller . . . Absolutely chilling . . . Tartt has a stunning command of the lyrical." -- The Village Voice "A smart, craftsman-like, viscerally compelling novel." -- Time "A thinking-person's thriller . . . Think Lord of the Flies , then The Rules of Attraction . . . . The Secret History combines a bit of both--the unmistakable whiff of evil from William Golding's classic and the mad recklessness of priviledged youth from Bret Easton Ellis's novel of the '80s. . . . As stony and chilling as any Greek tragedian ever plumbed." -- New York Newsday "Tartt's voice is unlike that of any of her contemporaries. Her beautiful language, intricate plotting, fascinating characters, and intellectual energy make her debut by far the most interesting work yet from her generation." -- The Boston Globe "A long tale of friendship, arrogance, and murder knit together with the finesse that many writers will never have . . . 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 Philadelphia Inquirer "The great pleasure of the novel is the wonderful complexity and the remarkable skill with which this first novelist spins the tale. And a gruesome tale it is. . . . A great, dense, disturbing story, wonderfully told." -- Cosmopolitan "The Secret History implicates the reader in a conspiracy which begins in bucolic enchantment and ends exactly where it must--though a less gifted or fearless writer would never have been able to imagine such a rich skein of consequence. Donna Tartt has written a mesmerizing and powerful novel." --Jay McInerney "Donna Tartt has invested this simple and suspenseful plot with a considerable amount of atmosphere and philosophical significance. . . . She's a very good writer indeed." -- The Washington Post Book World "A glorious achievement . . . The Secret History is a grand read--an artful blend of intelligence, entertainment, and suspense that quickens the pulse." -- The Virginian Pilot & Ledger-Star "Beautifully written, suspenseful from start to finish." -- Vogue "One of the best American college novels to come along since John Knowles's A Seperate Peace . . . . Immensely entertaining." -- Houston Chronicle "Donna Tartt is clearly a gifted writer. . . . The cadence of her sentences, the authority with which she shaped 500-plus pages of an erudite page-turner indicate she has the ability to leave her literary contemporaries standing in the road. . . . The decision to murder has about it the inevitability of classical Greek tragedy." -- The Miami Herald "Donna Tartt has a real shot at becoming her generation's Edgar Allan Poe. . . . The Secret History pulses like a telltale heart on steroids." -- Glamour, "A beautifully written story, well-told, funny, sad, scary, and impossible to leave alone until I finished. . . . What a debut!" --John Grisham "Powerful . . . Enthralling . . . A ferociously well-paced entertainment." --The New York Times "An accomplished psychological thriller . . . Absolutely chilling . . . Tartt has a stunning command of the lyrical." --The Village Voice "A smart, craftsman-like, viscerally compelling novel." --Time "A thinking-person's thriller . . . ThinkLord of the Flies, thenThe Rules of Attraction. . . .The Secret Historycombines a bit of both--the unmistakable whiff of evil from William Golding's classic and the mad recklessness of priviledged youth from Bret Easton Ellis's novel of the '80s. . . . As stony and chilling as any Greek tragedian ever plumbed." --New York Newsday "Tartt's voice is unlike that of any of her contemporaries. Her beautiful language, intricate plotting, fascinating characters, and intellectual energy make her debut by far the most interesting work yet from her generation." --The Boston Globe "A long tale of friendship, arrogance, and murder knit together with the finesse that many writers will never have . . . Her writing bewitches us . . .The Secret Historyis 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 Philadelphia Inquirer "The great pleasure of the novel is the wonderful complexity and the remarkable skill with which this first novelist spins the tale. And a gruesome tale it is. . . . A great, dense, disturbing story, wonderfully told." --Cosmopolitan "The Secret Historyimplicates the reader in a conspiracy which begins in bucolic enchantment and ends exactly where it must--though a less gifted or fearless writer would never have been able to imagine such a rich skein of consequence. Donna Tartt has written a mesmerizing and powerful novel." --Jay McInerney "Donna Tartt has invested this simple and suspenseful plot with a considerable amount of atmosphere and philosophical significance. . . . She's a very good writer indeed." --The Washington Post Book World "A glorious achievement . . .The Secret Historyis a grand read--an artful blend of intelligence, entertainment, and suspense that quickens the pulse." --The Virginian Pilot & Ledger-Star "Beautifully written, suspenseful from start to finish." --Vogue "One of the best American college novels to come along since John Knowles'sA Seperate Peace. . . . Immensely entertaining." --Houston Chronicle "Donna Tartt is clearly a gifted writer. . . . The cadence of her sentences, the authority with which she shaped 500-plus pages of an erudite page-turner indicate she has the ability to leave her literary contemporaries standing in the road. . . . The decision to murder has about it the inevitability of classical Greek tragedy." --The Miami Herald "Donna Tartt has a real shot at becoming her generation's Edgar Allan Poe. . . .The Secret Historypulses like a telltale heart on steroids." --Glamour
Copyright Date
1992
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
92-053053
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
20

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  • by zsjNa-SZTiC@Deleted
    Mar 16, 2015

    I did not like this book. Ended abruptly

    This book was referred to me by my sister who teaches English at a college. Usually her referrals are good, this book was not that good. I have ordered a second book of this author and hope it is better. This particular book had an odd ending which I was disappointed in. I would have preferred that the author cut out some of the middle of the book and continued the ending to build the plot and the evil qualities of the characters.

  • by esges.us.tysv6lso
    Jan 29, 2019

    enjoyable reading

    I'm a fan of Donna Tartt. I had bought this book when it first was published in 1992 and bought another copy since my first had coffee stains. I've bought all her titles.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: anjinsan767

  • by maral.m.l23mv1
    Feb 23, 2021

    Secret History

    Intriguing character development. Fun read.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: goodwillofsiliconvalley

  • by meowmixrietta
    Mar 31, 2021

    Great value

    Even better condition than I expected. Thank you!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: goodwill_colorado_springs

  • by yellowsands
    Jul 05, 2015

    A rare opportunity!

    This is the first book by Donna Tartt. She won a Pulitzer Prize for THE GOLDFINCH. Purchasing this first book was more attractive as it was signed by the award winning author and listed at an affordable price.

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