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Little is known for certain about Vermeer's life and career. He was born in 1632, the son of a silk worker with a taste for buying and selling art.
Vermeer himself was also active in the art trade. He lived and worked in Delft all his life. His works are rare. Of the 35 or 36 paintings generally attributed to him, most portray figures in interiors. All his works are admired for the sensitivity with which he rendered effects of light and color and for the poetic quality of his images. ~complete vermeer
What the Author Read in 2002 (update to current reads)
December 2002 :
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Under the Eagle's Shadow by Mark Hertsgaard
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
November 2002 :
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
Life of Pi by Yann Martell
October 2002 :
Bad Blood by Lorna Sage
The Children Who Lived in a Barn by Eleanor Graham
The Necropolis Railway by Andrew Martin
September 2002 :
Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles
About the Author by John Colapinto
Embers by Sandor Marai
August 2002:
Affinity by Sarah Waters
I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson
We Made a Garden by Margery Fish
July 2002:
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Disturbance of the Inner Ear by Joyce Hackett
Daughter of Venice by Donna Jo Napoli
A Parrot in the Pepper Tree by Chris Stewart
June 2002:
The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
May 2002:
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Driving over Lemons by Chris Stewart
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
April 2002:
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
March 2002:
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
The Orchard on Fire by Shena Mackay
Little Boy Lost by Marganita Lasky
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
Northern Lights (aka The Golden Compass) by Philip Pullman
