GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE
by Vreeland, Susan
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine in wrappers
- ISBN 10
- 014029628X
- ISBN 13
- 9780140296280
- Seller
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Los Altos Hills, California, United States
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Synopsis
This luminous story begins in the present day, when a professor invites a colleague to his home to see a painting that he has kept secret for decades. The professor swears it is a Vermeerbut why has he hidden this important work for so long? The reasons unfold in a series of events that trace the 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 multiple lives. Susan Vreeland's characters remind us, through their love of this 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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- Bookseller
- May Day Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 03225
- Title
- GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE
- Author
- Vreeland, Susan
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in wrappers
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 014029628X
- ISBN 13
- 9780140296280
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [2000]
- Keywords
- Signed historical fiction, art history, book club book, literary fiction, art - fiction, book club, book group, books-own, contemporary fiction, good, good read
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Size
- 7.3 x 4.5 x 0.5 inches
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