by Tracy Chevalier · Tapa dura · ISBN 9788854507722
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«La ragazza con l'orecchino di perla» is the historical novel by Tracy Chevalier, published by Neri Pozza in hardcover (237 pages, in Italian).
Delft, 17th century. Griet, a sixteen-year-old girl, enters the household of the painter Johannes Vermeer as a maid. Between caring for the children, tension with the wife and mother-in-law, her sensitivity to light and color attracts the artist's attention; Griet will end up posing for the portrait that gives the novel its title.
Original title: "Girl with a Pearl Earring" (1999). Italian translation by Luciana Pugliese. Winner of the ALA Alex Award in 2001.
For readers of historical fiction and art fiction, and for book clubs interested in titles about artistic creation and domestic life.
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.
