Girl With a Pearl Earring - Brossura

Chevalier, Tracy

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ISBN 10: 0452282152 ISBN 13: 9780452282155

Casa editrice: Penguin Group USA, 2001

Riassunto

A poor seventeenth-century servant girl knows her place in the household of the painter Johannes Vermeer, but when he begins to paint her, nasty whispers and rumors circulate throughout the town. Reprint.

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"[Chevalier] creates a world reminiscent of a Vermeer interior: suspended in a particular moment, it transcends its time and place." 
—The New Yorker

"Marvelously evocative." 
—The New York Times

"Chevalier brings the real artist Vermeer and a fictional muse to life in a jewel of a novel." 
—Time

"A vibrant, sumptuous novel... triumphant... a beautifully written tale thatmirrors the elegance of the painting that inspired it." 
—The Wall Street Journal

"Chevalier has so vividly imagined the life of the painter and his subject."
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"Lustrous." 
—Entertainment Weekly

L'autore:

Tracy Chevalier is the New York Times bestselling author of seven previous novels, including Girl with a Pearl Earring, which has been translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., she lives in London with her husband and son. 

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin Group USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0452282152
• ISBN 13: 9780452282155
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 233