{"product_id":"people-of-the-book-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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeraldine Brooks\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four novels, the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eMarch\u003c\/i\u003e and the international bestsellers \u003ci\u003eCaleb's Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeople of the Book\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eYear of Wonders\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also written the acclaimed nonfiction works \u003ci\u003eNine Parts of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eForeign Correspondence\u003c\/i\u003e. Her most recent novel, \u003ci\u003eCaleb's Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e, was the winner of the New England Book Award for Fiction and the \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award, and was a finalist for the Langum Prize in American Historical Fiction. Born and raised in Australia, she lives on Martha's Vineyard with her husband, the author Tony Horwitz.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50576978968850,"sku":"9780143115007","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a175211b-b18d-4a07-9338-77f035f73eaa.jpg?v=1731994849","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/people-of-the-book-9780143115007","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}