Girl With a Pearl Earring
$17.76
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
19 June 2006
Summary
OVER FIVE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
‘A phenomenon’ Jessie Burton ‘Dazzling’ Daily Mail ‘Truly magical’ Guardian
Those eyes are fixed on someone. But who? What is she thinking as she stares out from one of the world’s best-loved paintings?
Johannes Vermeer can spot exceptional beauty. When servant girl Griet catches his eye, she soon becomes both student and muse. But then he gives her his wife’s pearl earrings to wear for a portra…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780007232161 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0007232160 |
| Author: | Tracy Chevalier |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Edition: | 06000th |
| Release Date: | 19 June 2006 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 22mm |
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Praise for ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’: ‘A portrait of radiance!Tracy Chevalier brings the real artist Vermeer and a fictional muse to life in a jewel of a novel.’ Time ‘It has a slow, magical current of its own that picks you up and carries you stealthily along!a beautiful story, lovingly told by a very talented writer.’ Daily Mail ‘A wonderful novel, mysterious, steeped in atmosphere, deeply revealing about the process of painting!truly magical.’ Guardian
About The Author
Tracy Chevalier
Tracy Chevalier is the author of ten novels, including At the Edge of the Orchard, Remarkable Creatures and Girl with a Pearl Earring, an international bestseller that has sold over five million copies and won the Barnes and Noble Discover Award. Born in Washington DC, in 1984 she moved to London, where she lives with her husband and son.
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