People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

Written By:  Geraldine Brooks

Genre: Historical Fiction

Synopsis:

The "complex and moving" (The New Yorker) novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks follows a rare manuscript through centuries of exile and war.
Inspired by a true story, "People of the Book" is a novel of sweeping historical grandeur and intimate emotional intensity by an acclaimed and beloved author.
Called "a tour de force" by the San Francisco Chronicle, this ambitious, electrifying work traces the harrowing journey of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, a beautifully illuminated Hebrew manuscript created in fifteenth-century Spain.

When it falls to Australian rare book expert Hanna Heath to conserve this priceless work, the tiny artifacts she discovers in its ancient binding—a butterfly wing fragment, wine stains, salt crystals, a white hair—only begin to unlock the book’s deep mysteries and unexpectedly plunges Hanna into the intrigues of fine art forgers and ultra-nationalist fanatics.

Format: Hardcover, 372 Pages

Setting: Bosnia, Herzegovina, Iberian peninsula

Awards: National Jewish Book Award Nominee (2008), Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction (2009), Prime Minister's Literary Awards Nominee for Fiction (2009), Barbara Jefferis Award Nominee (2009), Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Literary Fiction and for Book of the Year (2008), Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work (2009), Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2010)

Goodreads Rating: 4.03

*Please note, all books are pre-loved, but have been carefully looked through to ensure they are not missing any pages and are in good condition. If there are any visible flaws, these will have been noted in the product photo.