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Book SynopsisGirl in Hyacinth Blue tells the story of an imaginary painting by Vermeer, and the aspirations and longings of those whose lives it illuminates, and darkens. From a proud father regretting his lost love to a compromised French noblewoman, from a hanged girl to Vermeer''s own gifted daughter, Susan Vreeland''s beautiful and luminous tales link to form an evocative jewel.
Trade ReviewThis is not just another book with a Vermeer on the dust jacket...[but] an illuminating meditation on the nature of art....This beautifully imagined and written book...is a work of art itself' * Sunday Telegraph *
UK REVIEWS:
'This is not just another book with a Vermeer on the dust jacket...It is an illuminating meditation on the nature of art....This beautifully imagined and written book...is a work of art itself' Sunday Telegraph
'Susan Vreeland's...imaginitive, deeply moving triumph' Ms London
Subtle and atmospheric...an impressive debut. * Publishers Weekly *
`...celebrate the skill with which Susan Vreeland evokes the diverse owners of the picture across the ages' Independent
Wonderful...Extraordinarily skilled...deft, perceptive, full of learning, deeply moving * Kirkus Reviews *
Intelligent, searching and unusual, the novel is filled with luminous moments; like the painting it describes so well, it has a way of lingering in the reader's mind * Katy Emck, New York Times Review of Books *
US REVIEWS:
A work of art * New York Post *
'A work of art' New York Post
'Intelligent, searching and unusual, the novel is filled with luminous moments; like the painting it describes so well, it has a way of lingering in the reader's mind' New York Times Book Review
'Subtle and atmospheric...an impressive debut' Publishers Weekly
'Wonderful...extraordinarily skilled...deft, perceptive...deeply moving' Kirkus Reviews
'Wonderful' Salon.com
