num_pages: 233
description: History and fiction merge seamlessly in Tracy Chevalier's luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Through the eyes of sixteen-year-old Griet, the world of 1660s Holland comes dazzlingly alive in this richly imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings.
language: English
title: Girl with a Pearl Earring
titlecomplete: Girl with a Pearl Earring
characters: Catharina Bolnes, Pieter van Ruijven, Maria Thins, Johannes Vermeer, Tanneke, Pieter (Girl with a pearl earring), Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Griet
genres: Art, Historical, Historical Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Literature, Classics, Adult, Romance, Fiction
ratings_count: 722639
places: Netherlands, Delft
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: ALA Alex Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Premi Llibreter de narrativa
publisher: Penguin Books