The Glassmaker
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Venice, 1486.
Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here – like the glass the island’s maestros spend their lives perfecting.
In secret, Orsola Rosso learns to craft glass. As a woman, she must flout convention to save her family from ruin. We follow her through hundreds of years of war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss.
Skipping like a stone across the centuries, The Glassmaker is a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as glass.
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'Spellbinding' ELIF SHAFAK
'Ingenious' THE TIMES, Book of the Year
FROM THE GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
Venice, 1486.
Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here - like the glass the island's maestros spend their lives perfecting.
In secret, Orsola Rosso learns to craft glass. As a woman, she must flout convention to save her family from ruin. We follow her through hundreds of years of war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss.
Skipping like a stone across the centuries, The Glassmaker is a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as glass.
'Sparkling'OBSERVER
'A triumph' PHILIP PULLMAN
'As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead' INDEPENDENT
'Meticulously researched and evoking the beauty of the Venice lagoon' PHILIPPA GREGORY
'A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game' SPECTATOR
Additional information
| Weight | 340 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 19.8 × 12.9 × 3.4 cm |
| Book_author | Chevalier, Tracy |
| Publisher | The Borough Press |
| Imprint | The Borough Press |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 400 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | 1st paperback ed |
| Dewey | 813.6 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
