Girl with a Pearl Earring: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (655 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0452282152 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Exquisite writing and a compelling story Karin W. This is a gem of a novel, and 17th century Delft comes alive in the deceptively simple but beautiful prose. Unlike many other historical novels, Chevalier's characters are not merely 20th century people wearing period clothing-- they are 17th-century people with 17th century values and world-views.I was cheering for Griet, an intelligent and lively misfit in the restricted world of a maid-of-all-work, as she discovers that she has an artist's eye and that there's a world out there more interesting and mo. "Quietly Beautiful" K. G. Bates This is the kind of first novel many serious writers ache to produce. Chevalier effectively takes us away from the hustle and noise of the 21st Century--the omnipresent cell phones, the whirring faxes, the beeping answering machines--into a world rich in silence and texture. Practically from the beginning the reader will find herself unconsciously relaxing as Chevalier quickly brings 17th Century Delft to life: the silence of darkened rooms, the crackle from a kitchen fireplace, the muffled sounds of fee. Well thought out story. Ms. Chevalier's fictional account of Griet and her employment in the Vermeer household could very well have happened in just that way since history knows so little of the master painter. Griet, probably a shortened form of Marguerite, certainly was the muse of Johannes Vermeer. A relationship developed between the two; maybe it was intimate, maybe not. But it was certainly meaningful and impacted both of their lives and the entire Vermeer household.One gets a sense of what Dutch life was like in Delft, H
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.. The New York Times bestselling novel by the author of At the Edge of the Orchard and Remarkable Creatures Translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film, starring Scarlett Johanson and Colin FirthTracy 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
His portrait of the anonymous Girl with a Pearl Earring has exerted a particular fascination for centuries--and it is this magnetic painting that lies at the heart of Tracy Chevalier's second novel of the same title.Girl with a Pearl Earring centers on Vermeer's prosperous Delft household during the 1660s. The meager facts of his biography have been gleaned from a handful of legal documents. I learned that the finer the materials were ground, the deeper the color. Then Vermeer employs her as his assistant--and ultimately has Griet sit for him as a model. From rough, dull grains madder became a fine bright red powder and, mixed with linseed oil, a sparkling paint. Chevalier vividly evokes the complex domestic tensions of the household, ruled over by the painter's jealous, eternally pregnant wife and his taciturn mother-in-law. At times the relationship between servant a