读过《Sleepytown: A Southern Gothic Childhood, with Codeine》 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
It's fascinating to find so many of her inspirations of The Secret History, The Little Friend (especially this book), and The Goldfinch in the short but charming essay. From Tartt's humorous, reflective, but also emotional writing, we can see how her Southern roots influenced her writing and transformed her perception of the world from a young age.
Book
Sleepytown: A Southern Gothic Childhood, with Codeine Goodreads
author:
Donna Tartt
publishing house:
Harper's Magazine
1992
- 7
The ever-mysterious Donna Tartt tells us a little about her childhood in this non-fiction essay for Harper's Magazine, therefore giving us a glimpse into what created her enigma. Published during the media-blitz that surrounded The Secret History, in this essay Tartt reveals intimate details about herself in a way that she would later avoid.