Donna Tartt is not the most prolific writer, having only written three books since her debut in 1992 . Each of her novels, however, has been an event. Her writing manages to accomplish what few authors can, combining the compulsive readability of the best thrillers with a keen literary sense and the expert observational skills of our best novelists.
Last week, Tartt's latest novel, The Goldfinch, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Take a closer look at how the specificity of her word choices help her conjure a place and memory with:
For a closer look at how Donna Tartt makes use of an unusual word, check out our take on her use of inwrought here.
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