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(0)Jessie Burton
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Miniaturist novels volume 1
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English
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Engaging the services of a miniaturist to furnish a cabinet-sized replica of her new home, 18-year-old Nella Oortman, the wife of an illustrious merchant trader, soon discovers that the artist's tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in eerie and unexpected ways.
2) The muse
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English
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"Odelle Bastien, a Caribbean émigré living in London in 1967, discovers a painting rumored to be the work of Isaac Robles, a young artist of immense talent and vision whose mysterious death has confounded the art world for decades. As she tries to sort through the conflicting stories of its discovery, she does not know who to believe, including her art gallery colleague, Marjorie Quick. The mystery surrounding the painting includes Olive Schloss,...
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Miniaturist novels volume 2
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English
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Amsterdam in the year 1705. It is Thea Brandt's eighteenth birthday. She is ready to welcome adulthood with open arms, but life at home is increasingly difficult. Her father Otto and her Aunt Nella argue endlessly over their financial fate, selling off furniture in a desperate attempt to hold on to the family home. As catastrophe threatens to engulf the household, Thea seeks refuge in Amsterdam's playhouses. She loves the performances, and the stolen...
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A dazzling, lyrical YA retelling of Greek myth, from Jessie Burton, internationally bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse.
"A powerfully feminist, elegiac, and original twist on this old story." -Madeline Miller, bestselling author of The Song of Achilles
If I told you that I'd killed a man with a glance, would you wait to hear the rest? The why, the how, what...
"A powerfully feminist, elegiac, and original twist on this old story." -Madeline Miller, bestselling author of The Song of Achilles
If I told you that I'd killed a man with a glance, would you wait to hear the rest? The why, the how, what...
6) Medusa
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English
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Exiled to a far-flung island, Medusa has little company except for the snakes adorning her head instead of hair until a beautiful boy named Perseus arrives, distrupting her lonely existence and unleashing desire, love, and betrayal.
8) La musa
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Español
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"La casa de las miniaturas, la exitosa y celebrada primera novela de la escritora inglesa Jessie Burton, recreaba con una precision admirable los desvelos de una joven esposa en la dura y rigurosa Amsterdam de finales del siglo XVII. Su segunda novela, La musa, es una historia igualmente vibrante y ambiciosa sobre las inquietudes y los suenos intimos de cuatro mujeres extraordinarias cuyas vidas estan conectadas en dos momentos del siglo XX."--Amazon.
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9) Wyznanie
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Polish
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"Elise Morceau wybiera się na spacer. Nie spodziewa się, że mroźne popołudnie 1980 roku na zawsze odmieni jej życie. To właśnie wtedy w londyńskim parku poznaje znaną i cenioną pisarkę, Constance Holden. Rozpoczyna się pikantny romans, którego konsekwencje ciągnąć będą się przez lata. Artystka jest odważna i pewna siebie, a teraz wylatuje do Los Angeles, gdzie kręcony będzie film na podstawie jednej z jej powieści. Elise zgadza...