The Miniaturist
de Burton, Jessie
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The Miniaturist is the first novel by British author, Jessie Burton. Amsterdam in the late 1680s is a prosperous place for merchants of the VOC (Dutch East India Company). When eighteen-year-old Petronella Oortman, newly married to wealthy merchant, Johannes Brandt, arrives at his luxurious home on the Herengracht, she is nervous but expectant: surely her life can only get better now that she has left Assendelft. But Johannes is absent, and his sister Marin is less than welcoming. When her husband finally returns, things do not go as Nella had expected. He does, however, bring her a remarkable gift: a replica of their home in miniature. She engages the services of a miniaturist to craft items to furnish this amazing creation, but is disturbed by the accuracy of certain extra pieces, pieces she did not order. As Nella becomes familiar with the household, it is soon apparent that neither people nor circumstances are what they first seem, and that the life she had expected, and perhaps even hoped, for is unlikely to be the one she will have. Before long, she discovers the shocking truth about her marriage, learns disturbing facts about her husband’s business dealings, surprising truths about other household members and about the elusive but seemingly prescient miniaturist. Nella begins to realise that while there is abundant prosperity, there is very little tolerance in this Amsterdam “Where the pendulum swings from God to a guilder”. Within three months, this young innocent country girl has to draw on reserves she was unaware she had, along the way witnessing a drowning, a stabbing and a sexual act, attending a funeral, seeing a man condemned to death, bribing a prison guard, and handling the sale of a valuable commodity. As she weaves a fictional world around real life characters, Burton also provides the reader with a wealth of information about late seventeenth century Amsterdam. Her extensive research is apparent in every paragraph. How interesting to imagine a time when sugar was rare enough to be a valuable commodity, and to actually view Nella’s cabinet house in the Rijksmuseum. Burton also treats the reader to some marvellously evocative descriptive prose: “A spray of red pimples covers the second man’s forehead. He’s little more than a boy. God has been malicious with his paintbrush” and “The threads of Nella’s imagination begin to spool, embroidering conversations, patches of which it stitches loosely together” and “There is water everywhere she looks, lagoons as still as glass, patched with murk like a foxed mirror when the weak sun moves behind cloud” are just a few examples. This amazing debut novel is a brilliant read. 4.5 stars
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London: Picador, 2014. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR. Publisher's maroon boards with metallic blue lettering. Patterned end-papers, A very nearly fine copy (just a hint of toning to the top and bottom edges where it has previously sat on a shelf)… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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New York: Ecco, 2014. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. 400pp. 8vo.Quarter bound paper and cloth over boards, stamped spine. Book is author's debut novel. Book is a stated first edition and the number line starts with 1. Spine ends are pushed and all four corners are somewhat bumped plus there is a small indentation on top… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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London.: Picador., 2015. 432pp. Slight shelf wear.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Precio
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(London): Picador, (2014). First edition. SIGNED BY BURTON on title page. Her well-received debut novel; the basis for the BBC miniseries of the same name. 8vo brown simulated-cloth boards lettered in silvery blue on spine; floral endpapers; 435 pages. Fine in fine dust jacket. Precio
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New York: ECCO An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2014. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. SIGNED on a bound Publishers sheet that reads: This Edition of THE MINIATURIST by Jesse Burton has been specially bound by the Publisher.
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ECCO, 2014. 400 pages. There are no marks or writing in the book. Light wear to the edges and the corners. Light wear top and bottom of spine. Black lettering on spine. Spine is tight and there are no loose pages. Dust jacket has wear to the edges and the corners. Wear top and bottom of spine. Cover colors are… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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-Picador (2014)-. Fourteenth impression since 2014. Decorated cloth. Very good indeed. No dustjacket, not sure it was issued with this impression. Winner of the Specsavers National Book Award 2014, Waterstones Book of the Year 2014. The Miniaturist Jessie Burton 9781447250890 Precio
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