01159cam a2200253 4500 333236708 TxAuBib 20170101120000.0 070430s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007018082 9780670018215 067001821X TxAuBib Brooks, Geraldine. People of the book : a novel / Geraldine Brooks. New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2008. 372 p. : map ; 25 cm. Map on lining papers. A fictionalized account of the turbulent history of the Sarajevo Haggadah, an illuminated manuscript which has survived into the twentieth century thanks to people of various faiths who risked their lives to safeguard it. Hanna Heath, a manuscript conservator hired to restore the manuscript in 1996 Sarajevo, finds and pursues clues to crucial moments in the book's history. 20170101. Judaism Manuscripts Fiction. Manuscripts, Hebrew Fiction. Books Conservation and restoration Fiction.