The author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning March and Year of Wonders, Geraldine Brooks has made a name for herself as one of the foremost novelists of our era. In People of the Book —inspired by the true story of the Sarajevo Haggadah—she brilliantly interweaves an epic historical saga of persecution and survival with a powerful modern-day tale of private betrayals and international intrigue. · People of the Book. by Geraldine Brooks. pp, Fourth Estate, £ Not long after the United States invaded Iraq, a memorable photograph appeared: an Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. Geraldine Brooks’ People of the Book is a historical fiction novel about a book conservator named Dr. Hanna Heath and her intensive research on the history of the famous Sarajevo Haggadah. The book is an imagined history following the real clues found in the manuscript, and the novel jumps back and forth between Hanna’s findings and historical events that brought the book to its current home in the .
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru Click to read more about People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. by Geraldine Brooks. 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. 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.
People of the Book: A Novel Wonderful story! Not very deep or developed characters, and not an unknown format - the plot moves back and forth from the present to various historical times when a book, which is actually the protagonist of the story, plays an important role in peoples' lives. are the springboard for Geraldine Brooks’s panoramic third novel, “People of the Book.” Brooks, who won the Pulitzer Prize for her previous novel, “March,” has drawn her inspiration from. Inspired by a true story, People of the Book is at once a novel of sweeping historical grandeur and intimate emotional intensity, an ambitious, electrifying work by an acclaimed and beloved author. (Pages ).
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