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PEOPLE OF THE BOOK Geraldine Brooks ~ Like New 1st Ed PB 2008
$6.50
Large softcover, like new, read once, pages are unmarked.
390 pages, Fourth Estate, first edition 2008. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9780732280376
When Hannah 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 wartorn 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 Hannah's orderly life, including her encounter with Ozren Karamen, the young librarian who risked his life to save the book. As meticulously researched as all of Brooks's previous work, People of the Book is a gripping and moving novel about war, art, love and survival.
All items have been cleaned with a disinfectant solution for your protection. Can be picked up from HILLARYS (any time) OR NOLLAMARA (school hours), or will post. To see all my current listings, click on my name: Riverdancer.
390 pages, Fourth Estate, first edition 2008. The photograph forms part of the description. ISBN-13: 9780732280376
When Hannah 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 wartorn 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 Hannah's orderly life, including her encounter with Ozren Karamen, the young librarian who risked his life to save the book. As meticulously researched as all of Brooks's previous work, People of the Book is a gripping and moving novel about war, art, love and survival.
All items have been cleaned with a disinfectant solution for your protection. Can be picked up from HILLARYS (any time) OR NOLLAMARA (school hours), or will post. To see all my current listings, click on my name: Riverdancer.
- Date Listed:12/02/2017
- Last Edited:16/05/2021
- Condition:Used
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