by Tracy Chevalier · RBA Coleccionables · tapa dura · ISBN 9788447359752
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«La joven de la perla» is the historical novel by Tracy Chevalier, published by RBA Coleccionables in hardback (320 pages, in Spanish).
Set in seventeenth-century Holland, the novel imagines the story of Griet, a humble girl who at sixteen enters service in the household of the painter Johannes Vermeer. Between them a quiet fascination is born, reflected in the face of Vermeer's famous painting, as Griet discovers art and awakens to life.
The edition belongs to RBA's Grandes Escritoras collection and includes a prologue by Soledad Puértolas and a translation by Pilar Vázquez.
For readers of historical fiction and stories about art and the Dutch seventeenth century, with an unforgettable female protagonist.
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.
