People of the book is a 2008 historical novel by geraldine brooks. Apr 25, 2014 geraldine brooks, the pulitzer prize winning author of march, discusses her latest work. Jan 20, 2008 are the springboard for geraldine brookss panoramic third novel, people of the book. The first time i read geraldine brookss novel march, i was at a bus station in richmond. Why everyone should read geraldine brooks rightly revered in australia for wideranging fiction and reportage, pulitzerwinner brooks has never written a. In people of the book inspired by the true story of the sarajevo haggadahshe brilliantly interweaves an epic historical saga of persecution and survival with a powerful modernday. Why everyone should read geraldine brooks books the guardian. Pulitzerwinning novelist drawn to judaism, history houston. Why everyone should read geraldine brooks books the. Before you give yourself up to the sweep and scope of people of the book, the captivating new novel from pulitzer prize winner geraldine brooks, grab some paper and a pen. Jun 27, 2014 geraldine brooks is the author of four novels, the pulitzer prizewinning march and the international bestsellers calebs crossing, people of the book, and year of wonders.
Right after that it dropped off their site and the possibility of an ebook seemed to vanish into thin air. Geraldine brooks talks about marthas vineyard and jennifer. Brooks, i had initially become interested in reading this book after seeing it listed at fictionwise as a presale item. A few weeks ago, a lovely woman in the facebook group for the podcast im currently listening to recommended people of the book by geraldine brooks viking books, 2008 to me. Australianborn geraldine brooks is an author and journalist who grew up in the western suburbs of sydney, and attended bethlehem college ashfield and the university of sydney. Jan 19, 2008 people of the book by geraldine brooks 372pp, fourth estate. Brooks, who won the pulitzer prize for her previous novel, march, has drawn her inspiration from. In people of the bookinspired by the true story of the sarajevo haggadahshe brilliantly interweaves an epic historical saga of persecution and survival with a. Brooks s larger message, one thats particularly apt today, could ultimately be about how diverse cultures influence and enrich one another. The bus had been canceled, and i was stuck sitting on the marble floor of the station with my backpack tucked under my legs from ten p.
Jun 08, 2011 and interview with pulitzer prize winner geraldine brooks, author of calebs crossing. Its a brilliant, innately suspenseful structure, and one that allows brooks to show off her remarkable aptitude for assimilating research and conveying a. Whether shes imagining the history of an ancient manuscript, as in people of the book, or an english town determined to survive the plague in a year of wonders, pulitzer prizewinning novelist geraldine brooks is a master at bringing historys littleknown but fascinating stories to life. Interview with geraldine brooks, author of people of the book.
Geraldine brooks interview at bookexpo america 2015. I loved the various journeysactual and intellectualthat it took me on. I wanted to give a sense of the people of the book, the different hands that made it, used it, protected it. The hidden world of islamic women, based on her work as a journalist in the middle east, in 1994.
Its a brilliant, innately suspenseful structure, and one that allows brooks to show off her remarkable aptitude for assimilating research and conveying a wide range of settings. Summary from the pulitzer prizewinning author of march, the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript through centuries of exile and war. Pulitzerwinning novelist drawn to judaism, history. Author interview geraldine brooks, author of calebs. An interview with geraldine brooks, by elizabeth blachman. For her fourth novel, calebs crossing, she found inspiration close to home. She packs each page with history and context, then illuminates them with emotion. The story focuses on imagined events surrounding the protagonist and real historical past of the still extant sarajevo haggadah, one of the oldest surviving jewish illuminated texts.
Mar 05, 2014 the complex and moving the new yorker novel by pulitzer prizewinner geraldine brooks follows a rare manuscript through centuries of exile and war inspired by a true story, people of the book. Geraldine brooks ao born 14 september 1955 is an australianamerican journalist and novelist whose 2005 novel march won the pulitzer prize for fiction. Australianborn geraldine brooks is an author whose experiences as a curious newspaper reporter in sydney and manhattan inform her research and writing. Reading guide for people of the book by geraldine brooks discussion guide for book clubs. The story focuses on imagined events surrounding protagonist and real historical past of the still extant sarajevo haggadah, one of the oldest surviving jewish illuminated texts. Interview with geraldine brooks, author of people of the book i was elated a few weeks ago when i recieved word that i would be able to ask the talented, bestselling, pulitzer prize winning geraldine brooks a few questions while she was on a book tour for her newest novel people of the book while in australia. From the opening chapter to the closing page, brooks crams so many people, places, and events into her ambitious and intricate account of a jewish prayer book that she leaves you longing for a scorecard. Geraldine brooks was born on 14th september 1955 in sydney, new south wales, australia. Id heard of it but had never picked it up, and now seemed like just the time for such a book. Oct, 2015 geraldine brooks is the author of five novels, including the pulitzer prizewinning march. A convert to judaism, brooks delved into jewish history in her 2008 novel, people of the book, which recounts the journey of the sarajevo haggadah through centuries of war and strife. Author interview geraldine brooks, author of march bookpage. Author interview geraldine brooks, author of march.
Oct 07, 2018 book tvs in depth 2018 fiction edition continued with pulitzer prizewinning author geraldine brooks. An interview with geraldine brooks washington independent. The true story involving many more people, some jewish, some muslim, is a moving testament to the kindness of strangers, coincidence, religious. Mar 26, 2007 interview with geraldine brooks, pulitzer prize winning author and journalist geraldine brooks, australian author and journalist, grew up in the western suburbs of sydney, and after being educated by the nuns of her convent secondary school attended sydney university and worked as a reporter for the citys major newspaper, the sydney morning. And interview with pulitzer prize winner geraldine brooks, author of calebs crossing. People of the book geraldine brooks shes probably at.
People of the book is a novel about the journey of a rare illuminated prayer book through centuries of war. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The stories of the sarajevo haggadah, both factual and fictional, are stirring. Geraldine brooks was a reporter for the sydney morning herald, and, after winning a greg shackleton memorial scholarship, she completed a masters degree at new york citys columbia university graduate school of journalism in 1983. Her other works include calebs crossing and people of the book. Was it a more difficult book to research and write than your previous novels. Randi baird pulitzerwinning novelist drawn to judaism, history. Buy people of the book 1st harper perennial edition by brooks, geraldine isbn. Two interviews with geraldine brooks about year of wonders and people of the book. A native of sydney, geraldine brooks grew up in its innerwest suburb of ashfield. The author of the pulitzer prizewinning march and year of wonders, geraldine brooks has made a name for herself as one of the foremost novelists of our era.
Three years later, brooks recalled her australian childhood and the penpal network that introduced her to the wider world in foreign correspondence. Interview in two separate interviews, geraldine brooks discusses year of wonders and people of the book, and the difficulties of writing stories that blend fiction with historical fact, given her journalistic justthefacts background. Not long after the united states invaded iraq, a memorable photograph appeared. Summary from the pulitzer prizewinning author of march, the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript through centuries of exile and war in 1996, hanna heath, an australian rarebook expert, is offered the job of a lifetime.
Pulitzer prizewinning novelist geraldine brooks, whose novels include people of the book 2008 and march 2005. Host rich fahle talks with geraldine brooks about her latest book, the secret chord at bookexpo america 2015. Geraldine brooks is the author of five novels, including the pulitzer prizewinning march. Australianborn, pulitzer prizewinning novelist and former journalist geraldine brooks has made her mark with daring fictional reimaginings of some of the most iconic figures in history and literature. Geraldine brooks is one of the most prolific writers that have shown top notch performance in her writing. Interview with pulitzer prizewinning author of march, geraldine brooks by. May 02, 2011 australianborn geraldine brooks is an author whose experiences as a curious newspaper reporter in sydney and manhattan inform her research and writing. 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. The first time i read geraldine brooks s novel march, i was at a bus station in richmond.
She was first intrigued by a sign for eyamplague village in england, and her research grew into her bestselling debut novel, year of wonders 2001, about the bubonic plague. Calebs crossing was the winner of the new england book award for fiction and the christianity today book award, and was a finalist for the langum prize in american historical fiction. The complex and movingthe new yorker novel by pulitzer prizewinner geraldine brooks follows a rare manuscript through centuries of exile. People of the book is set in so many different eras. There is more than one author in the goodreads database with this name. Jun 28, 2015 people of the book is set in so many different eras. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Brookss larger message, one thats particularly apt today, could ultimately be about how diverse cultures influence and enrich one another. For the librarians, says the dedication page of geraldine brookss new novel. Her father, lawrie brooks, was an american bigband singer who was stranded in adelaide on a tour of. She has also written the acclaimed nonfiction works nine parts of desire and foreign correspondence. Jan 07, 2009 pulitzer prizewinning novelist geraldine brooks, whose novels include people of the book 2008 and march 2005.
Jan 21, 2008 people of the book by geraldine brooks. Book tvs in depth 2018 fiction edition continued with pulitzer prizewinning author geraldine brooks. An interview with geraldine brooks in two separate interviews, geraldine brooks discusses year of wonders and people of the book, and the difficulties of writing stories that blend fiction with historical fact, given her journalistic justthefacts background. What librarian could resist a novel that has the word book in its title, is centered on an intrepid book conservator, exults in bookpreservation exotica and has a plot about a rare book with a long, fraught and serpentine history. Though her mother, whom brooks calls one of the worlds great cynics, advised her to take it with a grain of salt nobody in real life is as goodygoody as that marmee, brooks had a strong reaction to the book and its heroine, the irrepressible jo march. Like many women, geraldine brooks was inspired by louisa may alcotts little women, which she first read as a girl in australia. She has written different novels that are available worldwide and anyone would love to read. I was working as a reporter for the wall street journal, and my beat was the united nations, so i was occasionally required to go to sarajevo to cover the u. I wanted it to be a gripping narrative, even suspenseful.
Jan 27, 2016 why everyone should read geraldine brooks rightly revered in australia for wideranging fiction and reportage, pulitzerwinner brooks has never written a bad book and more people should read her. Her latest, the secret chord, the pulitzer prizewinning march and the international bestsellers calebs crossing, people of the book, and year of wonders. Geraldine brooks published her first book, nine parts of desire. People of the book geraldine brooks, 2008 penguin group usa 384 pp.
Brooks uses her considerable talent to give flesh and blood to real historical figures or figures who ought to be real. In two separate interviews, geraldine brooks discusses year of wonders and people of the book, and the difficulties of writing stories that blend fiction with historical fact, given her journalistic just the facts background. Nov 04, 2015 australianborn, pulitzer prizewinning novelist and former journalist geraldine brooks has made her mark with daring fictional reimaginings of some of the most iconic figures in history and literature. When did you first learn about the sarajevo haggadah. Her books include march, calebs crossing, and, most recently, the secret chord.
In two separate interviews, geraldine brooks discusses year of wonders and people of the book, and the difficulties of writing stories that blend fiction with historical fact, given her journalistic justthefacts background. Later, while working for the wall street journal, brooks. Interview with geraldine brooks, pulitzer prize winning author and journalist geraldine brooks, australian author and journalist, grew up in the western suburbs of sydney, and after being educated by the nuns of her convent secondary school attended sydney university and worked as a reporter for the citys major newspaper, the sydney morning. Acclaimed australian novelist geraldine brooks, whose novel march won the pulitzer prize for fiction, gives us a look into her latest book, calebs crossing. I was elated a few weeks ago when i recieved word that i would be able to ask the talented, bestselling, pulitzer prize winning geraldine brooks a few questions while she was on a book tour for her newest novel people of the book while in australia. There was definitely more to research, but it wasnt difficult. Interview with geraldine brooks, pulitzer prize winning.