Chevalier Brings The Real Artist Vermeer And A Fictional Muse To Life In A Jewel Of A Novel. (Time) A Vibrant, Sumptuous Novel... Triumphant... A Beautifully Written Tale That Mirrors The Elegance Of The Painting That Inspired It. (The Wall Street Journal) Chevalier Has So Vividly Imagined The Life Of The Painter And His Subject. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) [Chevalier] Creates A World Reminiscent Of A Vermeer Interior: Suspended In A Particular Moment, It Transcends Its Time And Place. (The New Yorker) Marvelously Evocative.