by Susan Vreeland · Neri Pozza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788873059196
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«La ragazza in blu» is the historical novel by Susan Vreeland, published by Neri Pozza in paperback (176 pages, in Italian).
Professor Cornelius Engelbrecht keeps at home a painting depicting a young woman dressed in blue, which he believes to be a Vermeer; his father, a Nazi officer, stole it from a Jewish family. The novel follows the canvas's journey through the centuries: from the painter's workshop in Delft to occupied Amsterdam and present-day Philadelphia, linking the lives of its various owners.
The narrative takes place between Delft, Amsterdam and Philadelphia. The Italian translation is by Maria Clara Pasetti. The work belongs to the collection «I narratori delle tavole».
For readers of historical fiction and literary fiction with an interest in art, the history of painting and stories that span generations.
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.
