{"product_id":"people-of-the-book-isbn-9780143115007","title":"People of the Book","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling novel that follows a rare manuscript through centuries of exile and war, from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Chord\u003c\/i\u003e and of \u003ci\u003eMarch\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Inspired by a true story, \u003ci\u003ePeople of the Book\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of sweeping historical grandeur and intimate emotional intensity by an acclaimed and beloved author. Called “a tour de force” by the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, this ambitious, electrifying work traces the harrowing journey of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, a beautifully illuminated Hebrew manuscript created in fifteenth-century Spain. 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 ultranationalist fanatics.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003ePeople of the Book\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “There’s romance between Brooks and the world, and her writing is as full of heart and curiosity as it is intelligence and judgement.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Intelligent, thoughtful, gracefully written, and original . . . Brooks tells a believable and engaging story.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Intense, gripping . . . \u003ci\u003ePeople of the Book\u003c\/i\u003e, like her Pulitzer Prize–winning previous novel \u003ci\u003eMarch\u003c\/i\u003e, is a tour de force that delivers a reverberating lesson gleaned from history. . . . It’s a brilliant, innately suspenseful structure, and one that allows Brooks to show off her remarkable aptitude for assimilating research and conveying a wide range of settings. Also on full display is her keen sense of dramatic pacing.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[A] marvelously intertwined narrative, with one strand tied to the contemporary world and the other leading us back into European history, into wars and inquisitions and family tragedies, all of this making up avidly narrated, powerfully emotional quest.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Richly imagined and at times almost unbearably exciting. . . . An ambitious book, a pleasure to read, and wholly successful in its attempt to give a sense of how miraculous, unlikely, and ultimately binding the history of objects can be.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e (Minneapolis)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeraldine Brooks\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six novels, including \u003ci\u003eHorse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeople of the Book\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYear of Wonders\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Pulitzer Prize–winning \u003ci\u003eMarch\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also written acclaimed works of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eNine Parts of Desire \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eForeign Correspondence\u003c\/i\u003e. Her books have been translated into more than thirty languages and have sold millions of copies around the world. Born and raised in Australia, Brooks now divides her time between Sydney and Martha’s Vineyard.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303507415269,"sku":"NP9780143115007","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143115007.jpg?v=1767734629","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/people-of-the-book-isbn-9780143115007","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}