People of the book
By: Geraldine Brooks
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780007177431
Subjects: Social life and customs; Manners and customs; Books; Conservation and restoration; Fiction
Description: "When Hanna Heath gets a call in the middle of the night in her Sydney home about a precious medieval manuscript which 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."--Provided by publisher.