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Girl in Hyacinth Blue

Literatura y FicciónISBN | 9780747266594
Girl in Hyacinth Blue
Girl in Hyacinth Blue
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Pages: 256 pages
Publisher: HEADLINE BOOK PUBLISHING
ISBN: 9780747266594
Format: tapa blanda
Language: en
Release date: 1/1/2001

ISBN: 9780747266594


Synopsis of Girl in Hyacinth Blue

Girl in Hyacinth Blue es una aclamada novela de Susan Vreeland que narra la historia de una pintura imaginaria de Johannes Vermeer a través de los siglos. La trama sigue el rastro del cuadro desde la Pensilvania actual, donde un profesor oculta su origen vinculado al expolio nazi, retrocediendo en el tiempo a través de diversos propietarios cuyas vidas se ven profundamente transformadas por la belleza y el misterio de la obra. Con una narrativa luminosa y detallista, la autora explora la persistencia del arte frente a los desastres naturales, los conflictos políticos y las tragedias personales. La odisea culmina en el Delft del siglo XVII, revelando la identidad de la joven modelo y los orígenes mismos de la creación artística en una obra que ha sido comparada con los mejores maestros holandeses por su calidad pictórica y emocional.



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Susan Vreeland

Susan Vreeland

Susan Joyce Vreeland was an American author. Several of her books deal with the relationship between art and fiction. The Passion of Artemisia is a fictionalized investigation of some aspects of the life of Artemisia Gentileschi, while Girl in Hyacinth Blue centers round an imaginary painting by Vermeer. The Forest Lover is a fictionalized account of the life of the Canadian painter Emily Carr.

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