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People of the book : a novel Cover Image Book

People of the book : a novel

Brooks, Geraldine (author.).

Summary: In 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famous Sarajevo Haggadah, which was rescued during the Bosnian war. Priceless and beautiful, the book is one of the earliest Jewish volumes ever to be illuminated with images. When Hanna discovers a series of tiny artifacts in the book's ancient binding, she begins to unlock its mysteries, tracing the book's journey from its salvation back to its creation. In Bosnia during WW II, a Muslim risks his life to protect the book from the Nazis. In the hedonistic salons of Vienna, the book becomes a pawn in a struggle against the city's rising anti-Semitism. In Inquisition-era Venice, a Catholic priest saves it. Hanna's investigation unexpectedly plunges her into the intrigues of art forgers and ultra-nationalist fanatics.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780143115007
  • ISBN: 9780670018215
  • ISBN: 067001821X
  • Physical Description: print
    372 pages : map ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Viking, 2008.

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General Note:
Map on lining papers.

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Subject:
Judaism Manuscripts Fiction
Manuscripts, Hebrew Fiction
Judaism Prayers and devotions Fiction
Books Conservation and restoration Fiction
Genre:
Prayers.
Devotional literature.

Available copies

  • 70 of 82 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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  • 2 current holds with 82 total copies.
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