The Glassmaker (Paperback)

From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glassmakers from the height of Renaissance-era Italy to the present day.

It is 1486 and Venice is a wealthy, opulent center for trade. Orsola Rosso is the eldest daughter in a family of glassblowers on Murano, the island revered for the craft. As a woman, she is not meant to work with glass—but she has the hands for it, the heart, and a vision. When her father dies, she teaches herself to make glass beads in secret, and her work supports the Rosso family fortunes.

Skipping like a stone through the centuries, in a Venice where time moves as slowly as molten glass, we follow Orsola and her family as they live through creative triumph and heartbreaking loss, from a plague devastating 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.

Chevalier is a master of her own craft, and The Glassmaker is as inventive as it is spellbinding: a mesmerizing portrait of a woman, a family, and a city as everlasting as their glass.

General

Imprint:	The Borough Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	21 October 2024
Authors:	Tracy Chevalier
Dimensions:	234 x 153 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	432
ISBN-13:	978-0-00-815387-8
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction Books > Fiction > New Fiction Releases Promotions > Festive Shopping > Books > Fiction Books > Promotion > New Reads > Fiction
LSN:	0-00-815387-6
Barcode:	9780008153878

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