Girl with a Pearl Earring
About this book
This book "centres on Vermeer's prosperous household in Delft in the 1660s. The appointment of the quiet, perceptive heroine of the novel, the servant Griet, gradually throws the household into turmoil as Vermeer and Griet become increasingly intimate, an increasingly tense situation that culminates in her working for Vermeer as his assistant, and ultimately sitting for him as a model. Chevalier deliberately cultivates a limpid, painstakingly observed style in homage to Vermeer, and the complex domestic tensions of the Vermeer household are vividly evoked, from the jealous, vain, young wife to the wise, taciturn mother-in-law. At times the relationship between servant and master seems a little anachronistic, but Girl with a Pearl Earring does contain a final delicious twist in its tail."--Product description.
Subjects
- artists, fiction
- artists' models
- artists' models -- fiction
- artists' models in fiction
- biographical fiction
- delft (netherlands) -- fiction
- dix-septième siècle
- fiction
- fiction, biographical
- fiction, historical
- fiction, historical, general
- historical fiction
- manners and customs
- modelos (arte)
- netherlands, fiction
- netherlands in fiction
- netherlands -- social life and customs -- 17th century -- fiction
- novela
- open library staff picks
- peinture
- reading level-grade 10
- reading level-grade 11
- reading level-grade 12
- reading level-grade 7
- reading level-grade 8
- reading level-grade 9
- roman
- roman d'amour
- romans, nouvelles
- servicio doméstico
- skönlitteratur
- social life and customs
- vardagsliv och traditioner
- vermeer, johannes, -- 1632-1675 -- fiction
- vermeer, johannes, 1632-1675 -- fiction
- vermeer, johannes, in fiction
- vida social y costumbres
- women
- women domestics
- women domestics -- fiction
- women domestics in fiction
- women household employees
- women household employees in fiction