Navigating the Labyrinth: Trauma and Memory in Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch and Nathan Hill's The Nix.
This paper delves into the intricate interplay between trauma and memory in 21st-century American fiction, with a specific focus on Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch (2013) and Nathan Hill's The Nix (2016). Through a comparative analysis of these novels, the study explores how characters navigate the laby...
| Publicado en: | IUP Journal of English Studies Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 118 - 129 |
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