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001 835436
003 OCoLC
005 20100718232504.0
008 180616s2008 nyub 000 1 eng d
020 $a9780143114543 (pbk.) :$cNTD280
020 $a0143114549 (pbk.) :$cNTD280
035 $a(OCoLC)639896282
035 $a.b13789260
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100 1 $aBrooks, Geraldine.
245 10$aPeople of the book :$ba novel /$cGeraldine Brooks.
260 # $aLondon :$bPenguin books,$c2008.
300 $a449 p. :$bmap ;$c18 cm.
520 # $aIn 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famous Sarajevo Haggadah, which was rescued during the Bosnian war. Priceless and beautiful, the book is one of the earliest Jewish volumes ever to be illuminated with images. When Hanna discovers a series of tiny artifacts in the book's ancient binding, she begins to unlock its mysteries, tracing the book's journey from its salvation back to its creation. In Bosnia during WW II, a Muslim risks his life to protect the book from the Nazis. In the hedonistic salons of Vienna, the book becomes a pawn in a struggle against the city's rising anti-Semitism. In Inquisition-era Venice, a Catholic priest saves it. Hanna's investigation unexpectedly plunges her into the intrigues of art forgers and ultra-nationalist fanatics.
650 #0$aJudaism$vPrayers and devotions$vFiction.
650 #0$aManuscripts, Hebrew$vFiction.
650 #0$aJudaism$xManuscripts$vFiction.
650 #0$aBooks$xConservation and restoration$vFiction.