People of the book : a novel / Geraldine Brooks.
2008
PR9619.3.B7153 P46 2008 (Mapit)
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Title
People of the book : a novel / Geraldine Brooks.
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ISBN
9780670018215
067001821X
067001821X
Publication Details
New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2008.
Language
English
Description
372 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Call Number
PR9619.3.B7153 P46 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
823/.914
Summary
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.
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Map on lining papers.
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