Blijft een machtig en intrigerend boek.
Misschien eens opnieuw lezen.
Donna Tartt beschrijft de lotgevallen van een groep studenten die door haar eigen morele hoogmoed ten val komt. Richard Papen wordt tot z’n verbazing opgenomen in een groepje arrogante en excentrieke studenten..
It all started with #DonnaTartt's The Secret History - the ur-text of dark academia as it is defined today!
Read the novel: https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=122144333
& consult the reader's guide by Tracy Hargreaves: https://opac.sub.uni-goettingen.de/DB=1/XMLPRS=N/PPN?PPN=1628286903
Book 35: “The Secret History” by #DonnaTartt.
I realize now that I have no idea what #DarkAcademia is as a genre (see my journey in this thread). This is supposedly the best example. Magic really isn’t part of it.
This book isn’t for me. Outside of my mistaken expectations, the characters are assholes (a requirement!) and it went on way too long. The writing at the start made me take notice—Tartt can *write*—but I just didn’t care for her world and its people.
![Book cover is a closeup on the profile of a classical Greek statue. New York Times blurb reads: “Enthralling … A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment … Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled.” International bestseller.](https://files.artsio.com/media_attachments/files/111/676/397/218/949/379/original/e2134fd4738cb82c.jpeg "Book cover is a closeup on the profile of a classical Greek statue. New York Times blurb reads: “Enthralling … A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment … Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled.” International bestseller.")
#DarkAcademia work:
#TheSecretHistory by #DonnaTartt (1992)
Quote:
Does such a thing as "the fatal flaw," that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does.
7/32
Ahem...
*Taps foot; looks at watch...
Your customary writing decade is almost up, Ms Tartt.
#books #donnatartt
If you’ve read #DonnaTartt’s #TheGoldfinch, you’ll love this story. Or even if you haven’t.
@aspiringcat
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@darkacademia
@benningtoncollege
@harrypotter
A couple of thoughts:
Some folks consider #Hogwarts to be #DarkAcademia, and there are lots of #HarryPotter fans who would like to be students there.
I graduated from #BenningtonCollege, which #DonnaTartt used as a model for the college in "The Secret History." I occasionally ask myself whether I would choose that experience again, if I had a chance. I've never come to a firm conclusion!
The Secret History: A murder mystery that thrills 30 years on - BBC Culture https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221020-the-secret-history-a-murder-mystery-that-thrills-30-years-o
@garykruse @bookstodon Mostly #Heidegger this week, He's easier to read in German than in translation. Amazingly poetic too, for a philosopher. Also carrying on with #DonnaTartt|s The Goldfinch, #HeinrichBöll|s beautiful lovestory novella 'Der Zug war pünktlich '(The Train Was on Time) and #KarenBlixen|s autobiographical 'Den afrikanske Farm' (Out of Africa)..yes i jump between books, according to mood 
#currentlyreading
#Introduction My name is Lars and I come from #Scania. My academic background is in #arthistory and #linguistics though I nowadays mostly work in #embeddedcomputing and #translation
My addictions include #art and #music of many kinds and I am always reading: currently books by #DonnaTartt, #HerinrichBöll #GeorgesSimenon and #PeterHøeg.
I also enjoy learning new languages - right now #Cymraeg (#Welsh) and #한국어 (#Korean) and exploring #philosophy
Who are 5-7 of your favorite authors? Add them as hashtags so we can find each other, boost this, share your own, etc.
#NKJemisin #DonnaTartt #SethDickinson #ASByatt #AnnPatchett #NeilGaiman #ErinMorganstern #SusannaClarke #JohnConnolly #EmilyStJohnMandel #PhilipPullman #DianaWynneJones #JasperFforde #EFBenson #JRRTolkien #Dickens #GeorgeEliot
Uh oh that's more than 5-7. Just like my nightstand.
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#DonnaTartt b, 1963
Interview from 2013
after the publication of The Goldfinch
#Bookstodon, @littleseamstress and I have been canoodling about making a "fave books" post on our website, so here's just for starters, in no order:
Blood Meridian by #CormacMcCarthy
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell AND Piranesi by #SusannaClarke
Foucault's Pendulum by #UmbertoEco
#LotR of course
Meditations on the Tarot by #ValentinTomberg
The Historian by #ElizabethKostova
The Secret History by #DonnaTartt
The Man in the High Castle by #PDK
You all are smart and interesting, so I'd love to hear some #book recommendations! Here are some of my favorites that I've read in the last year or so.
- Exhalation #TedChiang
- A Psalm for the Wild-Built #BeckyChambers
- How High We Go in the Dark #SequoiaNagamatsu
- A Memory Called Empire #ArkadyMartine
- The Goldfinch #DonnaTartt
- finished The Expanse series by #JamesSACorey
- continuing to enjoy the Dagger and Coin series #DanielAbraham
