People of the Book
Dátum vydania: 14.10.2008
The -quot;complex and moving-quot;(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 -quot;a tour de force-quot;by ...
Detaily o knihe
Počet strán: 448
Rozmer: 104x174x36 mm
Hmotnosť: 240 g
Jazyk: Anglicky
EAN: 9780143114543
Rok vydania: 2008
Žáner: Angličtina - beletrie
Typ: Paperback
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O knihe
The -quot;complex and moving-quot;(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 -quot;a tour de force-quot;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 S pain. When it falls to Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, to conserve this priceless work, the series of tiny artifacts she discovers in its ancient binding-an insect wing fragment, wine stains, salt crystals, a white hair-only begin to unlock its deep mysteries and unexpectedly plunges Hanna into the intrigues of fine art forgers and ultra-nationalist fanatics.