Girl with a Pearl Earring
Author : Tracy Chevalier
Publisher : Penguin
Release Date : 2001-01-01
ISBN : 1101219475
Pages : 240 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (11 Download)
Download PDF or read online Girl with a Pearl Earring Book by Tracy Chevalier and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : The New York Times bestselling novel by the author of Remarkable Creatures and The Last Runaway 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.