The Secret History (Taynaya Istoriya)

The brilliant American writer Donna Tartt, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize, captivated readers in 1992 with her first novel, The Secret History. The book immediately became a bestseller. It has been translated into twenty-four languages ​​and continues to sell millions of copies worldwide. The action takes place at a small college in Vermont, where nineteen-year-old Richard Papen arrives to study ancient Greek. Richard's new friends—four young men and one woman—are intelligent, uninhibited, wealthy, and so fascinated by classical culture that they consider themselves almost a special caste of its guardians. Their friendship, however, is overwhelmed by the pressures of the modern world. A murder occurs among this cheerful and close-knit group. Trying to make sense of what happened many years later, the hero recounts his student life day by day, the stages of his relationships with his classmates and his girlfriend, and under the masterful pen of Donna Tartt, his confession turns into a gripping psychological thriller.