The glassmaker : a novel
In 1486, Orsola Rosso is the eldest daughter in a family of glassblowers in Murano, Italy. As a woman, she is not meant to blow glass--but when her father dies, she teaches herself to make beads in secret, and her work becomes the cornerstone of the Rosso family fortunes. Skipping like a stone through the centuries, we follow Orsola and her family as they live through creative triumph and heartbreaking loss, from a plague rearing its head over Venice to Continental soldiers stripping its palazzos bare, from the domination of Murano and its maestros to the transformation of the city of trade into a city of tourists. In every era, the Rosso women ensure that their work, and their bonds, endure
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Subject |
Women > Fiction. Glass artists > Fiction. Women > Italy > Fiction. Glass blowing and working > Fiction. Murano (Italy) > Fiction. Murano (Italy) > History > Fiction. Venice (Italy) > History > Fiction. |
Genre |
Historical fiction. |
- ISBN: 9780525558279 (hardcover)
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Physical Description
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x, 402 pages ; 24 cm - Publisher 2024