by Tracy Chevalier · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420444468
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«La joven de la perla» is the historical novel by Tracy Chevalier, published by Alfaguara in paperback (280 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Delft in the 17th century, it tells the story of Griet, a girl who enters the service of the painter Johannes Vermeer. She earns his trust until she becomes his assistant and model, in a relationship full of tensions and silences that forces her to navigate the family's suspicions and her own place in that household.
The novel is inspired by the eponymous painting by Johannes Vermeer. The English original, 'Girl with a Pearl Earring', was published in 1999; this Spanish edition includes the translation by Pilar Vázquez.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and for those who want to approach Vermeer's art and 17th-century Delft.
Tracy Rose Chevalier is an American-British novelist. She is best known for her second novel, Girl with a Pearl Earring, which was adapted as a 2003 film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth.
