TY - BOOK AU - Chevalier,Tracy TI - Girl with a pearl earring SN - 0452284937 (pbk.) : AV - PS3553.H4367 G57 2001 PY - 2001///], c1999 CY - New York, N.Y., U.S.A. PB - Plume KW - Vermeer, Johannes, N1 - Originally published: New York : Dutton, 2000, c1999 N2 - History and fiction merge seamlessly in Tracy Chevalier's luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Through the eyes of sixteen-year-old Griet, the world of 1660s Holland comes dazzlingly alive in this richly imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings ER -