by Donna Tartt · Plon · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782266132237
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«Le petit copain» is the novel by Donna Tartt published by Plon in 2003 in paperback (608 pages, in French).
A girl grows up in a town in Mississippi marked by the death of her older brother, hanged when she was a baby. At twelve, with her friend Hely, she sets out to find the culprit and take revenge. The story blends grief, family secrets and the atmosphere of the old South in a summer that ends childhood.
The novel was originally published as «The Little Friend» (2002), translated by Anne Rabinovitch, shortlisted for the Orange Prize and winner of the WH Smith Literary Award in 2003.
The novel appeals to readers of literary fiction, Southern Gothic and mystery, with a child protagonist and a plot combining grief and revenge.
Donna Louise Tartt is an American novelist. She wrote the novels The Secret History (1992), The Little Friend (2002), and The Goldfinch (2013), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was adapted into a 2019 film of the same name. She was included in Time magazine's 2014 "100 Most Influential People" list.
