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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 book, she unwitting...

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Main Author: Brooks, Geraldine
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, 2008.
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Judaism > Manuscripts > Fiction.
Manuscripts, Hebrew > Fiction.
Books > Conservation and restoration > Fiction.
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Summary: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 book, she unwittingly exposes an international cover up.
Item Description:Geraldine Brooks: Winner of The Pulizter Prize.
Map on endpapers.
Physical Description:372 p. : map ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9780670018215
067001821X
Author Notes: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.

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