by Tracy Chevalier · Círculo de Lectores, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422692317
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«La joven de la perla» is the historical novel by Tracy Chevalier, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (301 pages, in Spanish).
The novel reconstructs the imagined story behind Johannes Vermeer's famous portrait, «La joven de la perla». Set in seventeenth-century Delft, it follows Griet, a young maid who works in the painter's house and whose gaze ends up immortalised on the canvas.
Published in 2002, in hardback with dust jacket; translation by Pilar Vázquez of the English original «Girl with a Pearl Earring».
It will appeal to readers of historical fiction and lovers of stories inspired by art.
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.
