by Tracy Chevalier · Punto De Lectura · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466307987
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«La joven de la perla» is the historical novel by Tracy Chevalier, published by Punto de Lectura in paperback (316 pages, in Spanish).
Set in seventeenth-century Delft, it tells the story of Griet, a sixteen-year-old maid who enters the household of the painter Johannes Vermeer. The young woman's attentive gaze attracts the master, and their relationship develops into a fascination between admiration and love as he turns her into the model for his portrait of the girl with a pearl earring.
Seventh edition in Spanish, translated by Pilar Vázquez. Originally published in English as 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' in 1999.
For reading groups and readers of historical fiction interested in art and the story behind Vermeer's painting.
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.
