"With precisely 35 canvases to his credit, the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer represents one of the great enigmas of 17th-century art. The meager facts of his biography have been gleaned from a handful of legal documents. Yet Vermeer's extraordinary paintings of domestic life, with their subtle play of light and texture, have come to define the Dutch golden age. His portrait of the anonymous Girl with a Pearl Earring has exerted a particular fascination for centuries--and it is this magnetic painting that lies at the heart of Tracy Chevalier's second novel of the same title.
Girl with a Pearl Earring centers on Vermeer's prosperous Delft household during the 1660s. When Griet, the novel's quietly perceptive heroine, is hired as a servant, turmoil follows. First, the 16-year-old narrator becomes increasingly intimate with her master. Then Vermeer employs her as his assistant--and ultimately has Griet sit for him as a model. Chevalier vividly evokes the complex domestic tensions of the household, ruled over by the painter's jealous, eternally pregnant wife and his taciturn mother-in-law. At times the relationship between servant and master seems a little anachronistic. Still, Girl with a Pearl Earring does contain a final delicious twist." from amazon.com

The novel tells a story for what might lie behind Vermeer's portrait. The narrator centers on the girl portraited, the maid Griet, and her status in 17th century Dutch society. The other main characters, especially Vermeer himself, remain relatively obscure, and I think rightly so. The novel does not have much dialogue, but lots of detailed images, and therefore is true to its theme.

Das Buch geht per Post an Rowlf.

arrived today!
thx a lot!!!

gets a place in the Emigration-Bookbox...

Habe das Buch heute von Kiki66 erhalten - aus dem Bestand von rowlf übernommen.

I offered this book as this week's RABCK and it has already found a new reader. Will travel to gatoleer tomorrow.

Thank you for the book. My husband is reading it now and I think i will read it soon.

Oh sorry. I didn't read this book. I read it in german and I liked it very much.

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Is travelling in a Swap-Box.

I like this book ..I read in german

this afternoon

wieder bei mir ...reist mit uns nach Irland ...Morgen !

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