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Girl with a Pearl Earring

Girl with a Pearl Earring

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Author: Tracy Chevalier


Genres: Fiction


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Translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film.Tracy Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly-imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings. History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Girl with a Pearl Earring tells the story of sixteen-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius . . . even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil.