Esta autora es celebrada por sus perspicaces retratos psicológicos y su habilidad para adentrarse en la vida interior de sus personajes. Su estilo se caracteriza por una cualidad lírica y un lenguaje poético que atrae a los lectores hacia emociones y pensamientos complejos. Explora temas de identidad, memoria y la búsqueda de significado en la vida cotidiana. A través de sus obras, nos recuerda la profundidad de la experiencia humana y la belleza del autodescubrimiento.
A best-seller in English, this novel centers on Vermeer's prosperous Delft household during the 1660s. When Griet, the novel's quietly perceptive heroine, is hired as a servant, turmoil follows. Chevalier vividly evokes the complex domestic tensions of the household, ruled over by the painter's jealous, eternally pregnant wife and his taciturn mother-in-law.
La familia Goodenough ha dejado atrás la Nueva Inglaterra del siglo XIX para instalarse en los pantanos de Ohio y lleva consigo algunas ramas de su manzano favorito. Pero en el huerto que plantan se hunden también las semillas de la discordia entre James y Sadie Goodenough. Mientras James adora las manzanas dulces, Sadie prefiere refugiarse en la sidra. Esas diferencias irreconciliables afectan a sus hijos y obligan al menor de ellos, Robert, a abandonar Ohio y buscar fortuna. El amor hacia los árboles, heredado de su padre, le acompaña en su viaje hacia el Oeste.
Es un día de Cuaresma de 1490 en París, un día realmente especial para Nicolas des Innocents, pintor de insignias y miniaturista conocido en la corte por su habilidad para pintar rostros pequeños, y en las tabernas al otro lado del Sena por su destreza con las bellas sirvientas. Jean Le Viste, un noble de mirada afilada, lo ha invitado a la Gran Sala de su casa, donde le ha encargado no insignias imponentes o vitrales, sino tapices para cubrir todas las paredes. Tapices inmensos que representan la batalla de Nancy, con caballos entrelazados con brazos y piernas humanas, lanzas, espadas, escudos y sangre en abundancia. Una comisión de Jean Le Viste significa comida en la mesa durante semanas y noches de festines en el Coq d'Or, y Nicolas, que no puede resistir las delicias de la vida, no ha dudado en aceptar. Sin embargo, tampoco ha vacilado en asentir ante la propuesta de Geneviève de Nanterre, esposa de Jean Le Viste y señora de la casa.
Es el año 1792 en Londres, y el tráfico es intenso en Hercules Buildings: veintidós casas adosadas de ladrillo con un pequeño jardín al frente y un pub en cada extremo de la calle. En medio del bullicio de carruajes, caballos y gritos de pescadores, vendedores de escobas y fósforos, Jem Kellaway, un chico de rostro alargado, ojos azules hundidos y cabello rubio-rojizo, transporta sillas Windsor dentro del número 12. Es marzo y el calor y el ruido son insoportables. Jem estallaría de rabia y cansancio si no fuera por un extraño silencio que desciende repentinamente sobre la calle. La señorita Pelham se queda en silencio y Maggie deja de mirarlo. Siguiendo su mirada, el chico ve a un hombre cruzar la calle. Robusto, con cara ancha, frente espaciosa, ojos grises y piel pálida, vestido de manera sencilla con camisa blanca, pantalones, medias y chaqueta negras, y un extraño gorro en la cabeza, un bonnet rouge, el tocado con la cocarda azul, blanca y roja de la Revolución francesa. Es uno de los habitantes más conocidos de Hercules Buildings: William Blake, el artista, el poeta que imprime "extraños libretos" y aboga por las ideas que incendian el país al otro lado del Canal.
This new edition features an introduction by Jessie Burton and highlights a story that has captivated over five million readers globally. The book's widespread appeal lies in its compelling narrative and rich character development, making it a significant addition to contemporary literature.
When Quaker Honor Bright sails from Bristol with her sister, she is fleeing heartache for a new life in America, far from home. But tragedy leaves her alone and vulnerable, torn between two worlds and dependent on the kindness of strangers, and life in 1850s Ohio is precarious and unsentimental.
The stunning new novel from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.
In 1810, a sister and brother uncover the fossilized skull of an unknown animal in the cliffs on the south coast of England. With its long snout and prominent teeth, it might be a crocodile – except that it has a huge, bulbous eye.Remarkable Creatures is the story of Mary Anning, who has a talent for finding fossils, and whose discovery of ancient marine reptiles such as that ichthyosaur shakes the scientific community and leads to new ways of thinking about the creation of the world.Working in an arena dominated by middle-class men, however, Mary finds herself out of step with her working-class background. In danger of being an outcast in her community, she takes solace in an unlikely friendship with Elizabeth Philpot, a prickly London spinster with her own passion for fossils.The strong bond between Mary and Elizabeth sees them through struggles with poverty, rivalry and ostracism, as well as the physical dangers of their chosen obsession. It reminds us that friendship can outlast storms and landslides, anger and jealousy.
FROM THE GLOBALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING '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 Venice, 1486. Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here - like the glass the island's maestros spend their lives learning to handle. Women are not meant to work with glass, but Orsola Rosso flouts convention to save her family from ruin. She works in secret, knowing her creations must be perfect to be accepted by men. But perfection may take a lifetime. Skipping like a stone through the centuries, we follow Orsola as she hones her craft through war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss. The beads she creates will adorn the necks of empresses and courtesans from Paris to Vienna - but will she ever earn the respect of those closest to her? Tracy Chevalier is a master of her own craft, and The Glassmaker is vivid, inventive, spellbinding: a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as their glass.
The compelling story of two women, born centuries apart, and the ancestral legacy that binds them.
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.
Tracy Chevalier, bestselling author Girl with a Pearl Earring, has edited a beautiful new short story collection with original contributions from nineteen of our best loved contemporary authors. Published by IndieBooks in association with Hamish Hamilton, Why Willows Weep: Contemporary Tales from the Woods is an enchanting new collection in support of the Woodland Trust. Contributors: William Fiennes, James Robertson, Richard Mabey, Tracey Chevalier, Susan Elderkin, Rachel Billington, Blake Morrison, Maria McCann, Terence Blacker, Joanne Harris, Philippa Gregory, Catherine O Flynn, Tahmima Anam, Maggie O Farrell, Amanda Craig, Ali Smith, Philip Hensher, Salley Vickers and Kate Mosse.
It is 1932, and the losses of the First World War are still keenly felt. Violet Speedwell, mourning for both her fiance and her brother and regarded by society as a 'surplus woman' unlikely to marry, resolves to escape her suffocating mother and strike out alone. A new life awaits her in Winchester. Yes, it is one of draughty boarding-houses and sidelong glances at her naked ring finger from younger colleagues; but it is also a life gleaming with independence and opportunity. Violet falls in with the broderers, a disparate group of women charged with embroidering kneelers for the Cathedral, and is soon entwined in their lives and their secrets. As the almost unthinkable threat of a second Great War appears on the horizon Violet collects a few secrets of her own that could just change everything... Warm, vivid and beautifully orchestrated, A Single Thread reveals one of our finest modern writers at the peak of her powers.
Twee Londense families reageren totaal verschillend op politieke en sociale veranderingen die plaatsvinden aan het begin van de twintigste eeuw.
She noticed him before anyone else. Arriving at his fourth school in six years, diplomat's son Osei Kokote knows he needs an ally if he is to survive his first day - so he's lucky to hit it off with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one student can't 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.
`This collection is stormy, romantic, strong - the Full Bronte' The Times A collection of short stories celebrating Charlotte Bronte, published in the year of her bicentenary and stemming from the now immortal words from her great work Jane Eyre.
Niekoľko príbehov zviazaných dohromady tvorí očarujúci a pestrý román plný vášní a citov. Prostredie a doba, v ktorej sa odohráva, určite nadchne každého, kto má rád romantiku stredoveku. Jean le Viste, šľachtic z 15. storočia blízky kráľovi, zadá ambicióznemu umelcovi Nicolasovi des Innocentes zákazku, ktorá je jeho životnou šancou – návrh šiestich tapisérií, ktoré by oslávili jeho vzostupnú kariéru pri kráľovskom dvore, prevažne s vojenskou tematikou. Manželka Jeana le Viste, Geneviéve, presvedčí Nicolasa, aby sa s jej manželom porozprával o inej, jemnejšej téme: o dáme s jednorožcom. Nicolas navrhuje tapisérie podľa svojej vízie – päť zo šiestich je alegória na päť zmyslov človeka, a predlohou pre ženské postavy sú mu Geneviéve a jej dcéra Claude, do ktorej je Nicolas zaľúbený. Nicolas odchádza do Bruselu, kde má jeho návrhy tapisérií zrealizovať majster tkáč Georges de la Chapelle. Tam však do jeho života vstúpi nová žena.
Soon to be a Major Motion Picture starring Tom Hanks due December 2020. Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widower who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them, the captain enjoys his rootless, solitary existence
Příběh ženy, která se odvážila tvořit, i když jí to svět zakazoval. Murano, 1486. V záři sklářských pecí tajně přihlíží mladá Orsola Rossová práci slavné Marietty Barovierové, která tvoří korálky, jež změní svět. Orsola si je okamžitě zamiluje – a s nimi i zakázané řemeslo. Když její otec nečekaně zahyne, musí podpořit rodinnou dílnu a bojovat o přežití jména Rosso. Nejprve skrytě, pak i veřejně, s neústupnou vášní hledá své místo ve sklářském řemesle. Její korálky se stávají symbolem touhy i důkazem ženské síly v době, kdy ženám nebyl dán prostor tvořit.
