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American-British novelist; author of Girl with a Pearl Earring (1999), adapted as a 2003 film, and of ten other books, mostly historical fiction.
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The InstrumentalistBook Harriet Constable
The Instrumentalist is a novel about an all-girls orphanage in Venice, where they’re brought up on music.
Five Books interview: the best books on Historical Novels Set in Italy
2024-09-10·fivebooks.com ↗
The Marriage PortraitBook Maggie O'Farrell & narrated by Genevieve Gaunt
The Marriage Portrait is by Maggie O’Farrell, who is a friend.
Five Books interview: the best books on Historical Novels Set in Italy
2024-09-10·fivebooks.com ↗
My Brilliant FriendBook Elena Ferrante
My Brilliant Friend and all of the subsequent books are not fancy writing.
Five Books interview: the best books on Historical Novels Set in Italy
2024-09-10·fivebooks.com ↗
Still LifeBook Sarah Winman
I think what attracted me to the book is that if My Brilliant Friend is about growing up in a neighborhood and being a part of a community your whole life—from when you’re born to when you die—Still Life is about a stranger, a foreigner, coming to live in what seems like quite a closed community, and slowly making his own way and being accepted into that community.
Five Books interview: the best books on Historical Novels Set in Italy
2024-09-10·fivebooks.com ↗
A Tree Grows in BrooklynBook Betty Smith
One of the reasons I put it on the list is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is such a great title.
Five Books interview
2016-03-11·fivebooks.com ↗
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