People of the Books

Als im kriegszerstörten Sarajevo ein altes jüdisches Gebetsbuch gefunden wird, macht sich die Restauratorin Hannah Heath auf den Weg nach Bosnien. Dort trifft sie auf den engagierten Bibliothekar Ozren Karamen, der großes Interesse an dem Buchfund hat.

Informationen zum Autor Geraldine Brooks was born and raised in Australia. After moving to the USA she worked for eleven years on The Wall Street Journal , where she covered crises in the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. Her first novel, Year of Wonders , was an international bestseller and she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for her second, March . She has written three further bestselling novels, Caleb's Crossing , People of the Book and The Secret Chord . Klappentext The new novel from the author of "March" and "Year of Wonders" takes place in the aftermath of the Bosnian War, as a young book conservator arrives in Sarajevo to restore a lost treasure. 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. Zusammenfassung The new novel from the author of 'March' and 'Year of Wonders' takes place in the aftermath of the Bosnian War, as a young book conservator arrives in Sarajevo to restore a lost treasure.

Autorentext

Geraldine Brooks was born and raised in Australia. After moving to the USA she worked for eleven years on The Wall Street Journal, where she covered crises in the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. Her first novel, Year of Wonders, was an international bestseller and she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for her second, March. She has written three further bestselling novels, Caleb's Crossing, People of the Book and The Secret Chord.

Klappentext

The new novel from the author of "March" and "Year of Wonders" takes place in the aftermath of the Bosnian War, as a young book conservator arrives in Sarajevo to restore a lost treasure. 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.

Zusammenfassung
The new novel from the author of 'March' and 'Year of Wonders' takes place in the aftermath of the Bosnian War, as a young book conservator arrives in Sarajevo to restore a lost treasure.