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Girl with a Pearl Earring - by Tracy Chevalier (Paperback)

Name: Girl with a Pearl Earring - by Tracy Chevalier (Paperback)
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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.
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About the Author: 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.
240 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical

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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. "Girl with a Pearl Earring" is the story of 16-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius, even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil.

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

"[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

About the Author

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.

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Dimensions (Overall): 7.6 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)

Weight: .5 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 240

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Historical

Publisher: Penguin Books

Theme: General

Format: Paperback

Author: Tracy Chevalier

Language: English

Street Date: January 1, 2001

TCIN: 79255212

UPC: 9780452282155

Item Number (DPCI): 247-19-1393

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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