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Christmas Pageant

Published
1995
Language
English

Synopsis

This is a short story by Donna Tartt, originally published in The New Yorker. It follows a young boy named Robin as he navigates the complexities of a Christmas pageant in his small town. The story explores themes of childhood innocence, community, and the sometimes harsh realities of growing up.

About the author

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Donna Tartt

Donna Tartt is an American author who has achieved critical and public acclaim for her novels, which have been published in forty languages. Her first novel, The Secret History, was published in 1992. In 2003 she received the WH Smith Literary Award for her novel The Little Friend, which was also nominated for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She won the Pulitzer Prize and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction for her novel The Goldfinch.

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All characters in Christmas Pageant