Brooks, Geraldine

People of the book a novel Geraldine Brooks - New York, N.Y. Viking 2008 - 372 pages map 25 cm

Map on lining papers.

Hanna: Sarajevo, spring 1996 -- An insect's wings, Sarajevo, 1940 -- Hanna: Vienna, spring 1996 -- Feathers and a rose: Vienna, 1894 -- Hanna: Vienna, spring 1996 -- Wine stains: Venice, 1609 -- Hanna: Boston, spring 1996 -- Saltwater: Tarragona, 1492 -- Hanna: London, spring 1996 -- A white hair: Seville, 1480 -- Hanna: Sarajevo, spring 1996 -- Hanna: Arnhem land, Gunumeleng, 2002.

A fictionalized account of the turbulent history of the Sarajevo Haggadah, an illuminated manuscript which has survived into the twentieth century thanks to people of various faiths who risked their lives to safeguard it. Hanna Heath, a manuscript conservator hired to restore the manuscript in 1996 Sarajevo, finds and pursues clues to crucial moments in the book's history.

9780670018215 9781439598689 9780143115007

2007018082

(AMICUS)000033393466


Sarajevo Haggadah--Fiction


2000-2099


Judaism--Manuscripts--Fiction.
Manuscripts, Hebrew--Fiction.
Books--Conservation and restoration--Fiction.
Australian fiction--21st century.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Antisemitism--Fiction.
Manuscripts, Hebrew
Art restorers--Fiction
Rare books--Fiction.
Sarajevo Hagggadah--Fiction.



PR9619.3.B7153 / P46 2008

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