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Oct 20, 2008
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An extraordinarily well-written book - the fictionalized story behind the famous Vermeer painting. Luminously written. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but these thousand words paint a magnificent picture.
I went to a book-signing in January 2001 and Chevalier said she wanted the reader to fly through the book with breathless anticipation. That's certainly how I read it the first time. But then I read it again - slowly - to savor each perfect word. I prefer the slow read, and I told Chev ...more
I went to a book-signing in January 2001 and Chevalier said she wanted the reader to fly through the book with breathless anticipation. That's certainly how I read it the first time. But then I read it again - slowly - to savor each perfect word. I prefer the slow read, and I told Chev ...more
I was intrigued by the story as I have always loved this art work by Vermeer and it is my opinion that Chevalier brought life to this woman on canvas.
I really enjoyed the descriptions that Chevalier used to describe the 17th century from the markets to the work that Griet did in the household to the way Vermeer painted
It is interesting to me that Vermeer noticed that Griet had an eye for art and found a muse in her, even more interesting that Vermeer's mother in law recognized the importance of ...more
I really enjoyed the descriptions that Chevalier used to describe the 17th century from the markets to the work that Griet did in the household to the way Vermeer painted
It is interesting to me that Vermeer noticed that Griet had an eye for art and found a muse in her, even more interesting that Vermeer's mother in law recognized the importance of ...more
4 STARS
"Griet, the young daughter of a tilemaker in seventeeth century Holland, obtains her first job, as a servant in Vermeer's household. Tracy Chevalier shows us, through Griet's eyes, the complicated family, the society of the small town of Delft, and life with an obsessive genius. Griet loves being drawn into his artistic life, and leaving her former drudgery, but the cost to her own survival may be high." (From Amazon)
Chevalier's novel is brilliantly written and a grand story. An author ...more
"Griet, the young daughter of a tilemaker in seventeeth century Holland, obtains her first job, as a servant in Vermeer's household. Tracy Chevalier shows us, through Griet's eyes, the complicated family, the society of the small town of Delft, and life with an obsessive genius. Griet loves being drawn into his artistic life, and leaving her former drudgery, but the cost to her own survival may be high." (From Amazon)
Chevalier's novel is brilliantly written and a grand story. An author ...more
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