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People of the book / Geraldine Brooks.

By: Publication details: Pymble, N.S.W. : Fourth Estate, 2008.Description: 390 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780732280376 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • A823.3 22
Summary: "When Hanna Heath gets a call in the middle of the night in her Sydney home about a precious medieval manuscript which has been recovered from the smouldering ruins of war-torn Sarajevo, she knows she is on the brink of the experience of a lifetime. A renowned book conservator, she must now make her way to Bosnia to start work on restoring The Sarajevo Haggadah, a Jewish prayer book -- to discover its secrets and piece together the story of its miraculous survival. But the trip will also set in motion a series of events that threaten to rock Hanna's orderly life, including her encounter with Ozren Karamen, the young librarian who risked his life to save the book."--Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library 823.3 BRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library 65885

First published by Viking Penguin, 2008.

"When Hanna Heath gets a call in the middle of the night in her Sydney home about a precious medieval manuscript which has been recovered from the smouldering ruins of war-torn Sarajevo, she knows she is on the brink of the experience of a lifetime. A renowned book conservator, she must now make her way to Bosnia to start work on restoring The Sarajevo Haggadah, a Jewish prayer book -- to discover its secrets and piece together the story of its miraculous survival. But the trip will also set in motion a series of events that threaten to rock Hanna's orderly life, including her encounter with Ozren Karamen, the young librarian who risked his life to save the book."--Provided by publisher.

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