Tracy Chevalier

A sumptuous new look for Tracy Chevalier's bestselling novel. Griet, the young daughter of a tilemaker in seventeenth century Holland, obtains her first job, as a servant in Vermeer's household. Tracy Chevalier shows us, through Griet's eyes, the complicated family, the society of the small town of Delft, and life with an obsessive genius. Griet loves being drawn into his artistic life, and leaving her former drudgery, but the cost to her own survival may be high

De la autora superventas de La joven de la perla, una novela histórica ambientada en la fascinante y enigmática Venecia+ 5 millones de ejemplares en todo el mundo+ de 300.000 ejemplares vendidos en EspañaUn extraordinario logro... una idea brillante relatada con maestria y un profundo amor hacia una ciudad extraordinaria. Philip PullmanLa ciudad mas bella del mundo ha acogido a maestros del vidrio durante cientos de años. ¿Hay lugar para una mujer entre todos ellos? Orsola Rosso esta a punto de dejar su huella.Venecia, 1486. Al otro lado de la laguna se encuentra Murano. Aqui el tiempo fluye de forma diferente, como el cristal que los maestros de la isla se pasan la vida aprendiendo a moldear. Las mujeres no deben trabajar el vidrio, pero Orsola Rosso ignora las convenciones para salvar a su familia. Trabaja en secreto, sabiendo que sus obras deben ser perfectas para ser aceptadas por los hombres. Pero la perfeccion puede llevar toda una vida. Saltando a traves de los siglos, seguimos a Orsola Rosso mientras perfeccionan su arte a traves de la guerra y la peste, la tragedia y el triunfo, el amor y la perdida. Sus invenciones adornaran los cuellos de emperatrices y cortesanas de Paris a Viena, pero ¿llegara a ganarse el respeto de sus seres mas queridos?Una novela vivida, deslumbrante sobre una mujer, una familia y una ciudad tan imperecederas como el cristal.

Un bestseller internacional sobre la búsqueda de la belleza y la corrupción de la inocencia"Una novela que trasciende el tiempo y el espacio." The New YorkerPaíses Bajos, siglo XVII. La joven Griet, de dieciseis años, entra a trabajar al servicio de Johannes Vermeer en la ciudad de Delft. Griet parece saber cual es su papel en la casa: ocuparse de las tareas domesticas y cuidar a los seis niños del pintor. Sin embargo, la sensibilidad de la muchacha llama la atencion de Vermeer, quien le abre las puertas de su mundo y su trabajo. A medida que la intimidad crece entre ambos, tambien lo hacen la tension y los celos. Y pronto, llega el escandalo.Tracy Chevalier logra consagrarse en el genero de la ficcion historica con esta novela que ya es un clasico contemporaneo."Una narradora sutil y brillante que seduce al lector." El Mundo"Chevalier ilumina la vida privada de las grandes mujeres olvidadas por la Historia." El Pais"Chevalier ha hecho de la novela historica su seña de identidad." La VanguardiaOtros libros de la autora en Duomo ediciones:La voz de los arbolesLas huellas de la vidaLas mujeres de Winchester

Una mujer que huye de su tierra con los ojos cerrados y aprende a mirar de frente en un mundo que aún desconoce la palabra libertad.Más allá del horizonte, una tierra repleta de nuevas oportunidades espera. Siempre puedo volver, va pensando la joven cuaquera Honor Bright. Mientras el barco parte de Bristol hacia tierras americanas, esta idea fija alivia sus dudas y lejos esta la sospecha de que nunca vera de nuevo a su querida Inglaterra...Tras una larga y angustiosa travesia en barco, un tragico acontecimiento obliga a Honor a enfrentarse a un mundo extraño y hostil. El Ohio de 1850 es un lugar precario, que no ofrece comodidades ni admite sensiblerias. El sol de verano en los maizales es abrasador, las tormentas de otoño pueden ser devastadoras y en invierno la nieve cae sin misericordia. Las calles estan llenas de lodo y escupitajos, y los bosques acogen animales y hombres extraños: por ahi andan mofetas y mapaches, pero tambien los esclavos fugitivos que cada dia pasan por estas tierras en busca de libertad.Honor pronto aprende que valores como la compasion y la igualdad no tienen cabida en este lugar, marcado aun por el lastre de la esclavitud. Solo la dignidad la mantiene viva y le da fuerzas para seguir adelante por un camino donde no hay espacio ni tiempo para tomar el te de las cinco de la tarde.La autora de La joven de la perla regresa con fuerza de la mano de esta nueva heroina, una mujer que huye de su tierra con los ojos cerrados y aprende a mirar de frente en un mundo que aun desconoce la palabra libertad.

A stunning novel of female friendship, forbidden love and evolution from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring. In the early nineteenth century, a windswept beach along the English coast brims with fossils for those with the eye...From the moment she's struck by lightning as a baby, it is clear Mary Anning is different. Her discovery of strange fossilized creatures in the cliffs of Lyme Regis sets the world alight. But Mary must face powerful prejudice from a male scientific establishment, not to mention vicious gossip and the heartbreak of forbidden love. Then - in prickly, clever Elizabeth Philpot, a fossil-obsessed middle-class spinster - she finds a champion, and a rival. Despite their differences in class and age, Mary and Elizabeth's loyalty and passion for the truth must win out. Remarkable Creatures is a stunning novel of how one woman's gift transcends class and gender to lead to some of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century. Above all, it is a revealing portrait of the intricate and resilient nature of female friendship.

A powerful journey brimming with color and drama, "The Last Runaway" is "New York Times" bestselling author Tracy Chevalier's vivid exploration of an iconic chapter in American history. Ohio 1850. For a modest English Quaker stranded far from home, life is a trial. Untethered from the moment she leaves England, fleeing personal disappointment, Honor Bright is forced by family tragedy to rely on strangers in an alien, untamed landscape. Drawn into the clandestine activities of the Underground Railroad, a network helping runaway slaves escape to freedom, Honor befriends two exceptional people who embody the startling power of defiance. Eventually she must decide if she too can act on what she believes in, whatever the personal cost. Like Sue Monk Kidd's "The Invention of Wings," Chevalier's novel is a sweeping and important novel about the power of bravery, friendship, and perseverance.

Londres, 1792. Thomas Kellaway, ébéniste de son état, prend à la lettre l''invitation de Philip Astley, directeur du cirque du même nom, et part tenter sa chance à Londres. Mais passer de Piddletown

La autora de La joven de la perla regresa con una novela histórica apasionante.Tras la trágica muerte de uno de sus hijos, la familia Kellaway se traslada a Londres para iniciar una nueva vida. Allí, los hermanos Jem y Massie conocen a Maggie, una londinense de pura cepa con quien se embarcan en una aventura de iniciacion y aprendizaje. Las bulliciosas calles de Londres, las sucias fabricas, los barrios de trabajadores y la inestabilidad politica generada por los ecos de la Revolucion Francesa son el telon de fondo de esta intensa novela, en donde los tres jovenes conocen el amor y a uno de los grandes poetas de nuestro tiempo: William Blake.

Chevalier's newest is a flat historical whose familiar themes of gender inequality, class warfare and social power often overwhelm the story. Tart-tongued spinster Elizabeth Philpot meets young Mary Anning after moving from London to the coastal town of Lyme Regis. The two quickly form an unlikely friendship based on their mutual interest in finding fossils, which provides the central narrative as working-class Mary emerges from childhood to become a famous fossil hunter, with her friend and protector Elizabeth to defend her against the men who try to take credit for Mary's finds. Their friendship, however, is tested when Colonel Birch comes to Lyme to ask for Mary's help in hunting fossils and the two spinsters compete for his attention. While Chevalier's exploration of the plight of Victorian-era women is admirable, Elizabeth's fixation on her status as an unmarried woman living in a gossipy small town becomes monotonous, and Chevalier slows the story by dryly explaining the relative importance of different fossils. Chevalier's attempt to imagine the lives of these real historical figures makes them seem less remarkable than they are.

Récemment arrivée des États-Unis avec son mari, Ella Turner a du mal à trouver sa place dans cette bourgade de province dans le sud-ouest de la France. S'y sentant seule et indésirable, elle entreprend des recherches sur ses ancêtres protestants, qui eurent à fuir les persécutions. Elle est alors loin d'imaginer que cette quête va bouleverser sa vie. Quatre siècles plus tôt, en pleine guerre de religion, Isabelle du Moulin, surnommée « La Rousse » en raison de sa flamboyante chevelure, risque un procès en sorcellerie pour le culte qu'elle voue à la Vierge Marie. Cependant, l'enfant qu'elle porte ne lui laisse d'autre choix que d'entrer dans l'intolérante famille des Tournier qui a embassé la Réforme. Séparées par des générations mais unies par un mystérieux héritage, Ella et Isabelle vont renouer les fils du temps à deux voix. Premier roman de l'auteur de La jeune fille à la perle, La Vierge en bleu livre l'histoire tragique et foisonnante des Tournier, sur fond de guerre de religion.

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.

Tracy Chevalier brings Shakespeares harrowing drama of jealousy and revenge to a 1970s era elementary school playground. Arriving at his fifth school in as many years, diplomats son Osei Kokote knows he needs an ally if he is to survive his first day so hes lucky to hit it off with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one student cant stand to witness this budding relationship: Ian decides to destroy the friendship between the black boy and the golden girl. By the end of the day, the school and its key players teachers and pupils alike will never be the same again.The tragedy of Othello is transposed to a 1970s suburban Washington schoolyard, where kids fall in and out of love with each other before lunchtime, and practice a casual racism picked up from their parents and teachers. Peeking over the shoulders of four 11 year olds Osei, Dee, Ian, and his reluctant girlfriend Mimi Tracy Chevaliers powerful drama of friends torn apart by jealousy, bullying and betrayal will leave you reeling.

The sweeping and compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.In 1830s Ohio, the Goodenough family barely scratch out a living in the inhospitable Black Swamp. Robert and his sister Martha must watch as their parents'' marriage is torn apart by disputes over whether to grow sweet apples to eat or sour apples for cider and applejack. One particularly vicious fight sends Robert out alone across America, far from his sister, into a life dominated not by apple trees but by the mighty redwoods and sequoias of California.

From internationally bestselling author Tracy Chevalier, a riveting drama of a pioneer family on the American frontier1838: James and Sadie Goodenough have settled where their wagon got stuck in the muddy, stagnant swamps of northwest Ohio. They and their five children work relentlessly to tame their patch of land, buying saplings from a local tree man known as John Appleseed so they can cultivate the fifty apple trees required to stake their claim on the property. But the orchard they plant sows the seeds of a long battle. James loves the apples, reminders of an easier life back in Connecticut; while Sadie prefers the applejack they make, an alcoholic refuge from brutal frontier life.1853: Their youngest child Robert is wandering through Gold Rush California. Restless and haunted by the broken family he left behind, he has made his way alone across the country. In the redwood and giant sequoia groves he finds some solace, collecting seeds for a naturalist who sells plants from the new world to the gardeners of England. But you can run only so far, even in America, and when Roberts past makes an unexpected appearance he must decide whether to strike out again or stake his own claim to a home at last.Chevalier tells a fierce, beautifully crafted story in At the Edge of the Orchard, her most graceful and richly imagined work yet.

Ella Turner does her best to fit in to the small, close-knit community of Lisle-sur-Tarn. She even changes her name back to Tournier, and knocks the rust off her high school French. But it is all in vain. Isolated and lonely, she is drawn to investigate her Tournier ancestry, which leads to her encounter with the town''s wolfish librarian.

In the year of the 150th anniversary of Origin of Species, set in a town where Jane Austen was a frequent visitor, Tracy Chevalier once again shows her uncanny sense for the topical.