People of the book
By: Geraldine Brooks
Publisher: Charnwood
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 509
ISBN-13: 9781847826466
Subjects: Rare books; Fiction; Conservation and restoration; Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts; History; Social life and customs; Manners and customs
Description: When Hanna Heath gets a call in the middle of the night in her Sydney home about a precious medieval manuscript that has been recovered from the smouldering ruins of war-torn Sarajevo, she knows she is on the brink of the experience of a lifetime. A renowned book conservator, she must now make her way to Bosnia to start work on restoring the Sarajevo Haggadah - a Jewish prayer book - to discover its secrets and piece together the story of its miraculous survival. But the trip will also set in motion a series of events that threaten to rock Hanna's orderly life, including her encounter with Ozren Karamen, the young librarian who risked his life to save the book. As meticulously researched as all of Brooks' previous work, People of the Book is a gripping and moving novel about war, art, love and survival.
Notes: Originally published: London: Fourth Estate, 2008.