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Chevalier, Tracy,

The glassmaker : a novel / Glass maker - 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"--

ISBN: 9780525558279 0525558276

LCCN: 2023034985

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women--Italy--Fiction.
Glass blowing and working--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Murano (Italy)--History--Fiction.
Venice (Italy)--History--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Fiction
Novels
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Romans.

LC Class. No.: PS3553.H4367 / G59 2024

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54