Girl with a Pearl Earring, The: A Novel
<b>The <i>New York Times</i> bestselling novel by the author of <i>Remarkable Creatures</i> and <i>The Last Runaway </i></b><p><b>Translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film, starring Scarlett Johanson and Colin Firth</b><br /></p><p>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. </p><p>History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. <b>Girl with a Pearl Earring</b> 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.</p><p></p><p></p>