Geraldine Brooks

Available now, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March, an intricate, ambitious novel that traces the journey of a rare illuminated Hebrew manuscript from convivencia Spain to the ruins of Sarajevo, from the Silver Age of Venice to the sunburned rock faces of northern Australia. Inspired by the true story of a mysterious codex known as the Sarajevo Haggadah, People of the Book is a sweeping adventure through five centuries of history. From its creation in Muslim-ruled, medieval Spain, the illuminated manuscript makes a series of perilous journeys: through Inquisition-era Venice, fin-de-siecle Vienna, and the Nazi sacking of Sarajevo. In 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famed manuscript, which has been rescued once again from Serb shelling during the Bosnian war. Priceless and beautiful, the book is one of the earliest Jewish volumes ever to be illuminated with figurative paintings. When Hanna, a caustic loner with a passion for her work, discovers a series of tiny artifacts in its ancient binding—an insect wing fragment, wine stains, salt crystals, a white hair—she becomes determined to unlock the book's mysteries. As she seeks the counsel of scientists and specialists, the reader is ushered into an exquisitely detailed and atmospheric past, tracing the book's journey from its creation to its salvation. In Bosnia during World War II, a Muslim risks his life to protect it from the Nazis. In the hedonistic salons of Vienna in 1894, the book becomes a pawn in an emerging contest between the city's cultured cosmopolitanism and its rising anti-Semitism. In Venice in 1609, a Catholic priest saves it from Inquisition book burnings. In Tarragona in 1492, the scribe who wrote the text has his family destroyed amid the agonies of enforced exile. And in Seville in 1480, the reason for the Hggadah's extraordinary illuminations is finally disclosed.

From the Pulitzer Prize_winning author of March, the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript through centuries of exile and war. Inspired by a true story, People of the Book is at once a novel of sweeping historical grandeur and intimate emotional intensity, an ambitious, electrifying work by an acclaimed and beloved author. De la ganadora del premio Pulitzer, autora de "March", este es el viaje de un raro manuscrito iluminado a lo largo de siglos de exilio y guerra. Inspirada en una historia real, "People of the Book" es a un tiempo una novela de impresionante suntuosidad histórica tanto como de una íntima intensidad emocional, un ambicioso y vibrante trabajo de la mano de una aclamada y celebrada autora.

The Secret Chord provides new context for some of the best-known episodes of David's life while also focusing on others, even more remarkable and emotionally intense, that have been neglected. We see David through the eyes of those who love him or fear him - from the prophet Natan, voice of his conscience, to his wives Mikal, Avigail and Batsheva, and finally to Solomon, the late-born son who redeems his Lear-like old age. Brooks has an uncanny ability to hear and transform characters from history, and this beautifully written, unvarnished saga of faith, desire, family, ambition, betrayal, and power will enthral her many fans.

Esta es la historia de Caleb Cheeshahteaumauck, el primer nativo americano que consiguió graduarse en la Universidad de Harvard, en el siglo XVII. En el pequeño asentamiento de pioneros de Great Harbor, en la isla de Noepe, vive Bethia Mayfield, hija de un eclesiastico puritano, un hombre capaz de mostrarse dialogante con los suyos y con la tribu indigena de Noepe, aunque existen tensiones entre ambas comunidades. En esa paradisiaca isla, Bethia ha establecido una relacion de amistad con un joven nativo, un muchacho inteligente pero inexperto. Cuando el padre de Bethia conoce a ese joven, ve en el unas aptitudes sobresalientes para el aprendizaje y decide prepararlo para que siga la senda del estudio, algo que a la inquieta Bethia le esta vedado.

Eine Frau gegen den Schwarzen Tod. Als in einem kleinen Dorf im Norden Englands die Pest ausbricht, übernehmen Angst, Hysterie und Hexenwahn die Herrschaft. Der Schwarze Tod wütet unerbittlich. Die Dorfbewohner haben dem Pfarrer gelobt, den Ort nicht zu verlassen, ehe nicht die Seuche besiegt ist. Mehr als einmal sind sie kurz davor, einander gegenseitig zu meucheln. Die junge Witwe Anna Frith beweist in dieser schlimmen Zeit Mut, sie schenkt Leben und findet Liebe und privates Glück. Eines Tages hat das Grauen ein Ende. Aber Anna Frith steht die schwerste Prüfung noch bevor ...Geraldine Brooks, mehrfach ausgezeichnete amerikanische Journalistin und Sachbuchautorin, wurde zu ihrem ersten Roman durch das Hinweisschild auf ein englisches "Pestdorf" angeregt. Dort hatten sich Menschen bei Ausbruch der Pest im 17. Jahrhundert selbst in Quarantäne begeben, um das Ausbreiten der Seuche zu verhindern. An ihren Mut und ihre Verzweiflung erinnert bis heute im Peak District ein kleines Museum."Eine Verbindung von Sprache und Geschichte, wie ich sie so noch nie gefunden habe. Bemerkenswert."Anita Shreve"Dieses Buch ist ergreifend, klug und unglaublich spannend."Washingon Post"Die Geschichte ist in einer erfinderischen quasi archaischen Sprache erzählt, die den Leser gleichzeitig begeistert, irritiert und schaudern lässt."Chicago Tribune

From the author of the acclaimed Year Of Wonders, a historical novel and love story set during a time of catastrophe on the front lines of the American Civil War. Set during the American Civil War, March tells the story of John March, known to us as the father away from his family of girls in Little Women, Louisa May Alcott's classic American novel. In Brooks' telling, March emerges as an abolitionist and idealistic chaplain on the front lines of a war that tests his faith in himself and in the Union cause when he learns that his side, too, is capable of barbarism and racism. As he recovers from a near-fatal illness in a Washington hospital, he must reassemble the shards of his shattered mind and body, and find a way to reconnect with a wife and daughters who have no idea of the ordeals he has been through. As Alcott drew on her real-life sisters in shaping the characters of her little women, so Brooks turned to the journals and letters of Bronson Alcott, Louisa May's father, an idealistic educator, animal rights exponent and abolitionist who was a friend and confidante of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.The story spans the vibrant intellectual world of Concord and the sensuous antebellum South, through to the first year of the Civil War as the North reels under a series of unexpected defeats. Like her bestselling Year Of Wonders, March follows an unconventional love story. It explores the passions between a man and a woman, the tenderness of parent and child, and the life-changing power of an ardently held belief.

Geraldine Brooks spent two years as a Middle East news correspondent, covering the death of Khomeini and the like. She also learned a lot about what it's like for Islamic women today. Brooks' book is exceedingly well-done--she knows her Islamic lore and traces the origins of today's practices back to Mohammed's time. Geraldine Brooks pasó dos años como corresponsal en Oriente Medio, cubriendo la muerte de Jomeini, y otros acontecimientos También aprendió mucho sobre lo que es la vida para la mujer islámica de hoy...

La Haggadah de Sarajevo, uno de los libros más excepcionales y misteriosos del mundo, ha reaparecido tras permanecer oculto muchos años y las Naciones Unidas reclaman a Hanna Heath, una prestigiosa conservadora de manuscritos medievales para que compruebe su estado. Cuando Hanna procede a su estudio, descubre entre sus páginas una serie de extrañas muestras: un ala de insecto, un cabello blanco, una mancha de vino…

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 1000 BC. The Second Iron Age. The time of King David. Anointed as the chosen one when just a young shepherd boy, David will rise to be king, grasping the throne and establishing his empire. But his journey is a tumultuous one and the consequences of his choices will resound for generations. In a life that takes him from obscurity to fame, he is by turns hero and traitor, glamorous young tyrant and beloved king, murderous despot and remorseful, diminished patriarch. His wives love and fear him, his sons will betray him. It falls to Natan, the courtier and prophet who both counsels and castigates David, to tell the truth about the path he must take. Brooks has an uncanny ability to hear and transform characters from history, and this beautifully written, unvarnished saga of faith, desire, family, ambition, betrayal, and power will enthral her many fans.

Sidney, 1996. En plena madrugada, Hanna Heath, una prestigiosa conservadora de manuscritos medievales, recibe una llamada: la Haggadah de Sarajevo, uno de los libros más excepcionales y misteriosos del mundo, ha reaparecido tras permanecer oculto varios años y las Naciones Unidas la reclaman para que compruebe su estado. Sin dudarlo, acepta el encargo y viaja a Sarajevo. Cuando Hanna procede a su estudio, descubre entre sus paginas una serie de extrañas muestras: un ala de insecto, un cabello blanco, una mancha de vino& A partir de cada una de las muestras, la historia del libro es reconstruida a traves del tiempo; un periplo que incluye Sarajevo en 1940, la hedonista Viena de 1894, la antisemita Venecia de 1609, la Barcelona sometida por la Inquisicion en 1492 y la conspiradora Sevilla de 1480 donde fue ilustrado. A medida que se van desvelando las identidades de quienes intervinieron en su elaboracion, son reveladas tambien las vidas de sus salvadores, los guardianes del libro, hombres y mujeres que arriesgaron sus vidas para protegerlo a traves de guerras, persecuciones, exilio, Inquisicion, genocidio& hasta lograr que llegue sano y salvo a nuestros dias. Pero, ¿esta realmente a salvo?

Narrada en la voz de su protagonista, una joven viuda y madre de dos hijos, esta es la sobrecogedora historia de un pequeño pueblo inglés que en 1966 se vio asolado por la peste bucónica y, liderado por un carismatico vicario, decidio aislarse del mundo.

Sidney, 1996. En plena nit, Hanna Heath, una prestigiosa conservadora de manuscrits medievals, rep una trucada: l Haggada de Sarajevo, un dels llibres més excepcionals i misteriosos del món, ha reaparegut després de romandre ocult durant anys i les Nacions Unides la reclament perquè en comprovi l estat. Quan Hanna procedeix a estudiar-lo, descobreix entre les seves pagines una sèrie de pistes estranyes: una ala d insecte, un cabell blanc, una taca de vi& Així, la història del llibre és reconstruïda a través del temps gracies a cadascuna de les mostres. El periple inclou la Sarajevo de 1940, la Viena hedonista de 1894, la Venècia antisemita de 1609, la Tarragona sotmesa per la Inquisició de 1492 i la Sevilla conspiradora de 1480, on va ser il"lustrat. A mesura que es van desvelant les identitats d aquells que van intervenir en la seva elaboració, també són revelades les vides dels seus salvadors, els guardians del llibre, homes i dones que van arriscar les seves vides per protegir-lo de guerres, persecucions, exili, genocidi& fins aconseguir que arribés sa i estalvi fins als nostres dies. Però, esta realment fora de perill?