Art -- Romans, nouvelles, etc

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Girl with a pearl earring

by Peary, Gerald, Gerald Peary Collection (College of Staten Island Library), Chevalier, Tracy

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Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings. "Girl with a Pearl Earring" is the story of 16-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter wi…

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Acqua alta

by Leon, Donna

fromGuido Brunetti

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Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Questura is shocked to hear that Brett Lynch, a friend since a murder case at La Fenice, has suffered a savage beating. The attack, in the beautiful palazzo home of Flavia Petrelli, reigning diva of La Scala, had come with a message: "Don…