The Miniaturist: A Novel
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”There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed . . .“
On a brisk autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt. But her new home, while splendorous, is not welcoming. Johannes is kind yet distant, always locked in his study or at his warehouse office—leaving Nella alone with his sister, the sharp-tongued and forbidding Marin.
But Nella’s world changes when Johannes presents her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. To furnish her gift, Nella engages the services of a miniaturist—an elusive and enigmatic artist whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in eerie and unexpected ways . . .
Johannes’ gift helps Nella to pierce the closed world of the Brandt household. But as she uncovers its unusual secrets, she begins to understand—and fear—the escalating dangers that await them all. In this repressively pious society where gold is worshipped second only to God, to be different is a threat to the moral fabric of society, and not even a man as rich as Johannes is safe. Only one person seems to see the fate that awaits them. Is the miniaturist the key to their salvation . . . or the architect of their destruction?
Enchanting, beautiful, and exquisitely suspenseful, The Miniaturist is a magnificent story of love and obsession, betrayal and retribution, appearance and truth.
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Puh, das war Arbeit. Ich hätte es nicht zu Ende gelesen, wenn es nicht für meinen Buchclub gewesen wäre. Ich fand es wurde erst ab Seite 300 ca spannend und normalerweise warte ich nicht so lange darauf, dass ein Buch gut wird… ab dann fand ich es zumindest unterhaltsam. Ich fand leider keinen der Protagonisten spannend oder sympathisch und leider hat mir auch die Magie gefehlt. Woher weiß die Miniaturistin all das?! Leider hat es mich nur genervt, dass man da so wenig von erfährt. Vielleicht hat das Buch eine Metaebene die ich nicht verstanden habe, aber ich fand es leider weder magisch noch spannend noch fesselnd. Ich war meistens leider sehr gelangweilt
Description
”There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed . . .“
On a brisk autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt. But her new home, while splendorous, is not welcoming. Johannes is kind yet distant, always locked in his study or at his warehouse office—leaving Nella alone with his sister, the sharp-tongued and forbidding Marin.
But Nella’s world changes when Johannes presents her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. To furnish her gift, Nella engages the services of a miniaturist—an elusive and enigmatic artist whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in eerie and unexpected ways . . .
Johannes’ gift helps Nella to pierce the closed world of the Brandt household. But as she uncovers its unusual secrets, she begins to understand—and fear—the escalating dangers that await them all. In this repressively pious society where gold is worshipped second only to God, to be different is a threat to the moral fabric of society, and not even a man as rich as Johannes is safe. Only one person seems to see the fate that awaits them. Is the miniaturist the key to their salvation . . . or the architect of their destruction?
Enchanting, beautiful, and exquisitely suspenseful, The Miniaturist is a magnificent story of love and obsession, betrayal and retribution, appearance and truth.
Book Information
Posts
Puh, das war Arbeit. Ich hätte es nicht zu Ende gelesen, wenn es nicht für meinen Buchclub gewesen wäre. Ich fand es wurde erst ab Seite 300 ca spannend und normalerweise warte ich nicht so lange darauf, dass ein Buch gut wird… ab dann fand ich es zumindest unterhaltsam. Ich fand leider keinen der Protagonisten spannend oder sympathisch und leider hat mir auch die Magie gefehlt. Woher weiß die Miniaturistin all das?! Leider hat es mich nur genervt, dass man da so wenig von erfährt. Vielleicht hat das Buch eine Metaebene die ich nicht verstanden habe, aber ich fand es leider weder magisch noch spannend noch fesselnd. Ich war meistens leider sehr gelangweilt