'Pearl Earring' factor for Dunant.

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  • Source:
    Bookseller. 3/12/2004, Issue 5119, p33-33. 1/8p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      Birth of Venus, The (Book); Dunant, Sarah; Publishing; Best sellers; Love
    • Subject Terms:
      United States
    • Abstract:
      Sarah Dunant's historical novel "The Birth of Venus," published in Great Britain in 2003 is proving a notable hit in America. Two weeks after its publication in the U.S. it stands at number nine on the New York Times bestseller list, as of March 12, 2004. After an initial print run of 30,000 copies, Random House US has reprinted six times. The American success follows reviews that have compared the novel about a teenage girl who falls in love with a young Dutch, to Tracy Chevalier's book "Girl With a Pearl Earring."