The Glassmaker

von Tracy Chevalier

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'Spellbinding' ELIF SHAFAK'Ingenious' THE TIMES,Book of the Year'Sparkling'OBSERVER'A triumph' PHILIP PULLMAN'As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead' INDEPENDENT'Meticulously researched and evoking the beauty of the Venice lagoon' PHILIPPA GREGORY'A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game' SPECTATORFROM THE GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRINGVenice, 1486.Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here - like the glass the island's maestros spend their lives perfecting.In secret, Orsola Rosso learns to craft glass. As a woman, she must flout convention to save her family from ruin. We follow her through hundreds of years of war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss.Skipping like a stone across the centuries, The Glassmaker is a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as glass.

• Themen: Belletristik Erzählerische Themen, Stoffe, Motive Gesundheit und Krankheit
• ISBN: 9780008153892
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 08.05.2025
• Größe: 197 x 129 mm
• Verlag: Harper Collins Publ. UK