The New York Times bestselling novel by the author of Remarkable Creatures and The Last Runaway Translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film, starring Scarlett Johanson and Colin Firth
Tracy Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly-imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer’s most celebrated paintings.
… inspired one of Vermeer’s most celebrated paintings.
History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Girl with a Pearl Earring tells the story of sixteen-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius . . . even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil.
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I loved the take on historical characters – great from the clothes they wore, how the paint was ground and made into special pigments, and last but not least the story behind the beautiful girl in the painting of the girl with a pearl earring.
You won’t put this book down until you have reached the last page!
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Been too long ago. Read so many since. I know I liked it but can’t remember why