![]() ![]() Is the miniaturist the key to their salvation.or the architect of their destruction?Įnchanting, beautifully written, and exquisitely suspenseful, The Miniaturist is a magnificent story of love and obsession, betrayal and retribution, appearance and truth. ( From the publisher. Only one person seems to see the fate that awaits them. 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. has subtlety, wit, and the force of a rock to the head: an instant classic. ![]() I stayed up half the night gulping down Sarah Mosss slim, unnervingly tense novel. You root for her - and she might just surprise you. But as she uncovers its unusual secrets, she begins to understand-and fear-the escalating dangers that await them all. In just 149 pages Moss does a remarkable job at building an engaging, textured world and Silvie is a likeable heroine. Johannes's gift helps Nella pierce the closed world of the Brandt household. ![]() 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. ![]() Nella's life changes when Johannes presents her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. 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. 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.īut her new home, while splendorous, is not welcoming. ![]()
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