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Is it good?

>> No.16444652

>>16444630
Excellent. One of the best novels of the last 30 years. Gwyneth Paltrow bought the rights to make a movie adaptation but it hasn't happened so far.

>> No.16444659

>>16444652
>Gwyneth Paltrow reads this
Dropped

>> No.16444672

>>16444659
It has a cliquish upper class setting that probably appealed to her. It's a great novel, brilliantly written and very suspenseful.

>> No.16444677

>>16444630
Blends highbrow and lowbrow literary qualities quite well. I enjoyed it. It's not the best book I've ever read, but it's up there. I recommend it.

>> No.16444714

>>16444672
It's like 5 bucks in a translation I can get. Should I read it in English?

>> No.16444861

>>16444714
In English, Tartt's prose is beautiful but not hard to understand.

>> No.16444874

>>16444630
it's not particularly deep, but it's so fun to read. i love the anachronism, the fact that the classics clique pretends they're at cambridge/harvard in 1920 despite living in 1980s america. donna tartt was like fuck it, i'm ripping off brideshead no matter what.

>> No.16444905

>>16444874
Essentially, the book is about the master (based on a real life professor, Claude Fredericks) guiding them towards an elevated, civilized world.

>> No.16444929

>>16444874
Brideshead Revisited?

>> No.16445133

>>16444630
Reading it and becoming a dark academist is the /lit/ way

>> No.16445336

all surface no feeling

>> No.16446746

>>16444630
Yes

>> No.16446762

>>16444659
What a retarded thing to say.