Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Just arrived from Italy, kindly sent by Hayes, through BM.
This book is a collection of 8 short stories describing the story of Vermeer, the famous 17th century Dutch painter. A splendid and delightful book.
1. Love enough
2. Night different from all other nights
3. Adagia
4. Hyacinth blues
Girl in Hyacinth Blue
5. Morningshine
6. From the personal papers of Adriaan Kuypers
7. Still life
The Little Street
The View of Delft
Girl Reading a Letter by an open window
The Milkmaid
Dutch working girl (17th century) as portrayed by Johannes Vermeer (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Christ in the House of Mary and Martha
8. Magdalena looking.
Some interesting links about Vermeer:
Johannes Vermeer – The Art, Paintings and Life of Jan Vermeer “Van Delft”
Johannes Vermeer’s influence and inspiration
Johannes Vermeer, a review by Mark Haden
Pleasure of Reading 