Chevalier, Tracy,
The glassmaker : a novel / Glass maker Tracy Chevalier. - x, 402 pages ; 24 cm
"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"--
9780525558279
2023034985
Women--Italy--Fiction.
Glass blowing and working--Fiction.
Generations--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Murano (Italy)--History--Fiction.
Venice (Italy)--History--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
The glassmaker : a novel / Glass maker Tracy Chevalier. - x, 402 pages ; 24 cm
"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"--
9780525558279
2023034985
Women--Italy--Fiction.
Glass blowing and working--Fiction.
Generations--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Murano (Italy)--History--Fiction.
Venice (Italy)--History--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.