Archive for May 10, 2009
NOBODY MOVE by Denis Johnson
NOBODY MOVE, Denis Johnson’s first novel since his National Book Award-winning Tree of Smoke in 2007, is a complete change of pace from that novel, which focuses on the Vietnam War. Here, Johnson sets his novel in Northern California in contemporary times, creating a noir study of drug-addled, alcoholic criminals who don’t have a clue about reality as they seek riches and revenge.
May 10, 2009
Tags: drugs, FSG, Noir, sociopaths Posted in: Award Winning Author, California, Noir 
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PEOPLE OF THE BOOK by Geraldine Brooks
In 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, which has been rescued from Serb shelling during the Bosnian war. Priceless and beautiful, the book is one of the earliest Jewish volumes ever to be illuminated with images. When Hanna, a caustic loner with a passion for her work, discovers a series of tiny artifacts in its ancient binding she begins to unlock the book’s mysteries.
May 10, 2009
Tags: Real Event Fiction, Sarajevo Posted in: Award Winning Author, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jewish History, Literary No Comments
