Girl with a Pearl Earring

von Tracy Chevalier

240 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The New York Times bestselling novel by the author of A Single Thread and At the Edge of the Orchard

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.

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.

• Themen: Belletristik Biografischer Roman / Autobiografischer Roman
• ISBN: 9780452282155
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2001
• Größe: 198 x 128 mm
• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group