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A Lauscha, un piccolo villaggio tedesco immerso nei boschi della Turingia, gli abitanti si guadagnano da vivere da secoli allo stesso modo: soffiando il vetro. Una notte di settembre alla fine dell'Ottocento, però, il soffiatore Joost Steinmann muore inaspettatamente, lasciando le tre figlie - Marie, Ruth e Johanna - in ristrettezze economiche. Mentre Ruth pensa solo al bel giovane del villaggio che le fa gli occhi dolci e Johanna spera di trovare un impiego qualunque, Marie - la più piccola delle tre - ha un piano: diventare una soffiatrice di vetro, proprio come suo padre. Peccato, però, che a Lauscha la tradizione parli chiaro: solo gli uomini possono soffiare il vetro. Le donne devono occuparsi della decorazione e del confezionamento. Il buon senso vorrebbe che Marie lasciasse perdere. Invece la ragazza inizia a lavorare di nascosto, finché in paese non si diffonde la voce dell'arrivo di un nuovo misterioso soffiatore, e tutti accorrono per sapere chi si celi dietro quelle splendide e originalissime creazioni. Opera di una delle scrittrici di romanzi storici più affermate in Germania, "La soffiatrice di vetro" racconta la vicenda - ben scritta e impreziosita da un grande lavoro di documentazione - di tre sorelle costrette a lottare in un mondo chiuso alle novità e condizionato dai pregiudizi. Una storia che mostra come a volte i sogni si realizzano restando fedeli a se stessi e al proprio cuore.
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- Pagine: 397
- Data di uscita: 28-04-2016
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I was looking forward to reading what I thought was going to be a great historical fiction, but there was barely anything historical about it. The best part was the descriptions of the glass blowing, and they were sparse and weak. The main characters were annoying and I didn't care for them at all.
I'll admit that I've never heard of German Petra Durst-Benning before, and was expecting a typical historical novel: a lot of history with a daub of romance. But what I got with The Glassblower was a great story that I couldn't put down! I had no idea that glassblowing was so intricate and is consid Leggi tutto
This is a very long book so even though I didn't finish it, I dedicated at least three days to reading it and feel I've read enough to provide a rating. At 28% I already had some quibbles: There's next to nothing historical about it. And the writing is very, very simple, nearly juvenile. It's more t Leggi tutto
DNF~ 60% I can't stand to waste another second on this book when I have so many others to read that I will actually enjoy. Unlikable characters can make an interesting and good book but that depends on what makes them unlikable. The girls in this story are just stupid and selfish and Peter was border Leggi tutto
The Glassblower by Petra Durst-Benning is the first book in The Glassblower Trilogy and was originally published in 2003 in German. This astounding work of cultural and historical romance is beautifully rendered into English by Samuel Willcocks, and the novel will be of immense delight to anyone wit Leggi tutto
I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed this novel! It is beautifully written and each of the characters are so wonderfully developed. I received this book through Amazon's Kindle First book of the month. The books I have gotten through this program in the past have been sort of hit and miss, but this
Usually I attempt to persist with books that I feel tempted to drop, or at least to give them some more time and a second chance to prove me wrong, that they get more interesting and live up to their summaries. Rarely do I try to drop a book so early into it. But in this case I’ve had enough at 26% Leggi tutto
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