'Spellbinding' ELIF SHAFAK
'Ingenious' THE TIMES, Book of the Year
'Sparkling'OBSERVER
'A triumph' PHILIP PULLMAN
'As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead' INDEPENDENT
'Meticulously researched and evoking the beauty of the Venice lagoon' PHILIPPA GREGORY
'A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game' SPECTATOR
Venice, 1486.
Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here - like the glass the island's maestros spend their lives perfecting.
In secret, Orsola Rosso learns to craft glass. As a woman, she must flout convention to save her family from ruin. We follow her through hundreds of years of war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss.
Skipping like a stone across the centuries, The Glassmaker is a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as glass.
| ISBN: | 9780008153892 |
| Publication date: | 8th May 2025 |
| Author: | Tracy Chevalier |
| Publisher: | The Borough Press an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 400 pages |
| Genres: |
General Fiction Narrative theme: Coming of age Narrative theme: Love and relationships Narrative theme: Health and illness Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss Narrative theme: Identity / belonging Narrative theme: Sense of place Family Drama Historical Fiction |
'Spellbinding' ELIF SHAFAK
'Ingenious' THE TIMES, Book of the Year
'Sparkling'OBSERVER
'A triumph' PHILIP PULLMAN
'As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead' INDEPENDENT
'Meticulously researched and evoking the beauty of the Venice lagoon' PHILIPPA GREGORY
'A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game' SPECTATOR
Venice, 1486.
Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here - like the glass the island's maestros spend their lives perfecting.
In secret, Orsola Rosso learns to craft glass. As a woman, she must flout convention to save her family from ruin. We follow her through hundreds of years of war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss.
Skipping like a stone across the centuries, The Glassmaker is a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as glass.
The Glassmaker features in the following genres: General Fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Health and illness, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Family Drama, Historical Fiction
The Glassmaker is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Glassmaker was written by Tracy Chevalier and published by The Borough Press an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
The Glassmaker has 400 pages
£8.99