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One of my favorite books. It's a quick read, the writing style is very simple - a fact I actually enjoyed because it makes it all the more realistic as the story is told through the eyes of Griet...a 16 year old servant girl, Vermeer's muse.
With only a few historical records on Vermeer's life (and no info on his model) Chevalier makes up his own story behind the artist's most famous painting. The way he writes it draws a reader in and makes him easy to believe. I'll probably never look at the painting the same way again :)
It's a book that succeeds in being erotic without anything physical ever happening. Girl With A Pearl Earring has everything; vivid characters, intriguing backdrop, tragedy, scandal and unrequited passion.
With only a few historical records on Vermeer's life (and no info on his model) Chevalier makes up his own story behind the artist's most famous painting. The way he writes it draws a reader in and makes him easy to believe. I'll probably never look at the painting the same way again :)
It's a book that succeeds in being erotic without anything physical ever happening. Girl With A Pearl Earring has everything; vivid characters, intriguing backdrop, tragedy, scandal and unrequited passion.
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