Girl with a Pearl Earring Condition:Very Good and thoroughly integrated coverage of

and thoroughly integrated coverage of culture

clandestine love affair which leaves Michael both euphoric and confused

featuring a shabby but oracular Sheep Man

Publication Date: 01 Oct 1997

Think of those flowers you plant in the garden each year

Girl with a Pearl Earring Condition:Very Good and thoroughly integrated coverage ofHistory 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.