Girl in Hyacinth Blue Paperback - 2000
by Susan Vreeland
- Used
The ownership of a supposed Vermeer painting is traced back to the moment of its inspiration; and as the painting moves through each owner's hands, what was long hidden or forgotten or repressed quietly surfaces. Like Vermeer's paintings, this bestselling novel illuminates the poignantly dear moments in people's lives.
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- Title Girl in Hyacinth Blue
- Author Susan Vreeland
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2000-10-01
- Features Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # WAL-F-1h-002050
- ISBN 9780140296280 / 014029628X
- Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 7.3 x 4.4 x 0.8 in (18.54 x 11.18 x 2.03 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 950
- Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945 - Atrocities, Vermeer, Johannes
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99027405
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
From the rear cover
A professor invites a colleague from the art department to his home to see a painting that he has kept secret for decades. The professor swears it is a Vermeer -- why has he hidden this important work for so long? The reasons unfold in a series of stories that trace ownership of the painting back to World War II and Amsterdam, and still further back to the moment of the work's inspiration. As the painting moves through each owner's hands, what was long hidden quietly surfaces, illuminating poignant moments in human lives. Vreeland's characters remind us, through their love of the mysterious painting, how beauty transforms and why we reach for it, what lasts, and what in our lives is singular and unforgettable.
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Citations
- Beyond the Cover Author Interv, 11/01/2000, Page 30
- Entertainment Weekly, 10/27/2000, Page 110
- New York Times, 10/08/2000, Page 36
- Romantic Times, 05/01/2002, Page 45