The Glassmaker - Chevalier, Tracy
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"In 1486, Orsola Rosso is the eldest daughter in a family of glassblowers in Murano, Italy. As a woman, she is not meant to blow glass-but when her father dies, she teaches herself to make beads in secret, and her work becomes the cornerstone of the Rosso family fortunes. Skipping like a stone through the centuries, we follow Orsola and her family as they live through creative triumph and heartbreaking loss, from a plague rearing its head over Venice to Continental soldiers stripping its palazzos bare, from the domination of Murano and its maestros to the transformation of the city of trade…mehr

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"In 1486, Orsola Rosso is the eldest daughter in a family of glassblowers in Murano, Italy. As a woman, she is not meant to blow glass-but when her father dies, she teaches herself to make beads in secret, and her work becomes the cornerstone of the Rosso family fortunes. Skipping like a stone through the centuries, we follow Orsola and her family as they live through creative triumph and heartbreaking loss, from a plague rearing its head over Venice to Continental soldiers stripping its palazzos bare, from the domination of Murano and its maestros to the transformation of the city of trade into a city of tourists. In every era, the Rosso women ensure that their work, and their bonds, endure"--
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Autorenporträt
Tracy Chevalier is the New York Times bestselling author of ten previous novels, including Girl with a Pearl Earring, which has been translated into forty-five languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film, a play, and an opera. Born and raised in Washington, DC, she lives in London with her husband.
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'A triumph... a brilliant idea carried out with confidence and brio and a deep love of an extraordinary city. The ingenuity of the time-skipping is beyond admiration' PHILIP PULLMAN

'Spellbinding.... Chevalier at her fabulous best. A rich, vivid and gently enchanting novel' ELIF SHAFAK

'Ingenious... an absorbing story' THE TIMES, Book of the Year

'Sparkling... a triumph of craft' OBSERVER

'A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game' SPECTATOR

'As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead... reaffirm[s Chevalier's] status as one of the reigning queens of historical fiction' INDEPENDENT

'Meticulously researched and evoking the beauty of the Venice lagoon, the story challenges and transports the reader through time and place' PHILIPPA GREGORY

'One of our great period novelists'iNews

'Combining her storytelling gifts with her love of Venice, Chevaier has produced a memorable addition to her oeuvre' SUNDAY TIMES, Nick Rennison

'Chevalier weaves a magical thread through this extraordinary city's history. A masterpiece' WOMAN & HOME

'Truly remarkable and richly enjoyable... very clever' SCOTSMAN

'Reaffirms Chevalier's skill in crafting engaging, evocative historical tales' GLAMOUR

'Evocative' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

'Mythical' CANDIS

'Beautiful' PRIMA

'This inventive portrait of a woman and her city is mesmerising' PLATINUM

'This charming fable is at once a love story that skips through six centuries, and also a love song to the timeless craft of glassmaking. Chevalier probes the fierce rivalries and enduring loyalties of Murano's glass dynasties, capturing the roar of the furnace, the sweat on the skin, and the glittering beauty of Venetian glass' GERALDINE BROOKS

'Chevalier, one of our great storytellers, brings us unexpected worlds' AMY BLOOM

'Tracy Chevalier pens a novel as ambitious, audacious, and artistic as a Venetian glass goblet... The Glassmaker is a thing of beauty' KATE QUINN

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