by Tracy Chevalier · Debolsillo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483464441
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«La joven de la perla» is the historical novel by Tracy Chevalier, published by Debolsillo in paperback (266 pages, in Spanish).
Griet, a sixteen-year-old Dutch girl, enters service in the home of the painter Johannes Vermeer. Her way of looking at the world matches the artist's sensibility, who draws her into his studio. Amid jealousy, rumours and the lust of the patron Van Ruijven, their relationship culminates in the creation of the famous portrait 'La joven de la perla'.
Spanish edition of the novel 'Girl with a Pearl Earring', originally published in 1999. The work received the ALA Alex Award and was a finalist for the Orange Prize.
For readers of historical fiction and art-themed fiction, especially those who admire Vermeer's painting and seventeenth-century Holland.
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.
