I don't think anyone wouldn't like Girl With A Pearl Earring. I think everyone has also seen the excellent movie which follows the book so well. I could picture Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth as I turned the pages.
I bought the book at Goodwill, where else?! And I read it this past weekend. I felt guilty that I wasn't getting anything more productive accomplished other than picking a few ripe tomatoes for a bacon and tomato sandwich that dribbled down my chin. Yum.
If you haven't read this book or even seen the movie then do one or the other or both because you won't be disappointed either way you look at it. And if you don't know the premise of the story it is how the painting, Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer, came about. Who is that girl? What was the painter like? The village? The era. The social restraints.
Of course this is fiction but it could be true. All I know is that I wish I had the original masterpiece hanging on my wall. It's stunning, captivating and mysterious. Up there with the Mona Lisa. You either agree or disagree on that perspective as art is subjective but this is my blog so I get to voice my thoughts!
