People of the book : a novel
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- ISBN: 9780670018215
- ISBN: 067001821X
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Physical Description:
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372 p. ; 25 cm. - Publisher: New York : Viking, 2008.
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Summary, etc.: | In 1996, Hanna Heath, a young Australian book conservator is called to analyze the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, a priceless six-hundred-year-old Jewish prayer book that has been salvaged from a destroyed Bosnian library. When Hanna discovers a series of artifacts in the centuries' old, she unwittingly exposes an international cover up. |
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Subject: | Judaism Prayers and devotions Fiction Books Conservation and restoration Fiction |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Oliver Wolcott Library - Litchfield | FIC BRO (Text) | 36123001404399 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 05/07/2024 |
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Author Notes
People of the Book : A Novel
Geraldine Brooks is the author of two acclaimed works of nonfiction, "Nine Parts of Desire" and "Foreign Correspondence." A former war correspondent, her writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. (Publisher Provided)