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It begins with a boy. Theo Decker, a thirteen-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by his unbearable longing for his mother, he clings to one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art.As an adult, Theo moves silkily between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty labyrinth of an antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love-and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle.The Goldfinch combines vivid characters, mesmerizing language, and suspense, while plumbing with a philosopher's calm the deepest mysteries of love, identity, and art. It is an old-fashioned story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the ruthless machinations of fate.

Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality they slip gradually from obsession to corruption and betrayal, and at last - inexorably - into evil.

A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.

I.R.S. auditor Harold Crick suddenly finds himself the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire life, from his work, to his love-interest, to his death.

A widower finds out the woman he fell in love with is his brother's girlfriend.

A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

1967 romantic comedy drama movie directed by Mike Nichols

An American working in Barcelona, having sworn off beautiful women, is forced to be host to his playboy cousin in this witty comedy of good intentions and mixed signals.

A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.

2006 film by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris

The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

A modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.

Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.

A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.

A high school teacher meets his match in an over-achieving student politician.

The eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons.

The story of a teenage boy, his mother, and two other women who help raise him among the love and freedom of Southern California of 1979.

Rob, a record store owner and compulsive list maker, recounts his top five breakups, including the one in progress.

A pair of young lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out to find them.

2012 romantic comedy-drama film by Wes Anderson

An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.

2009 American comedy drama film directed by Marc Webb

The extracurricular king of Rushmore Preparatory School is put on academic probation.

Story of two female Manhattan book editors fresh out of college, both finding love and themselves while frequenting the local disco.

A divorcing couple tries to maintain their friendship while they both pursue other people.

A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.

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