Geraldine Brooks

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 paso dos años como corresponsal en Oriente Medio, cubriendo la muerte de Jomeini, y otros acontecimientos Tambien aprendio mucho sobre lo que es la vida para la mujer islamica de hoy...

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.

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.

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.

A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American historyI loved this book so muchANN PATCHETTBrilliantly varied and with a galloping paceMAIL ON SUNDAYA masterpieceJANE SMILEYThrillingNEW YORK TIMESKentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamour of any racetrack. Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse - one studying the stallions bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success. Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred, Lexington, who became Americas greatest stud sire, Horse is an original, gripping, multi-layered reckoning with the legacy of enslavement and racism in America.

A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey to peace from the bestselling Pulitzer Prize winning author of Horse Many cultural and religious traditions expect those who are grieving to step away from the world In contemporary life we are more often met with red tape and to do lists This is exactly what happened to Geraldine Brooks when her partner of more than three decades Tony Horwitz just sixty years old and to her knowledge vigorous and healthy collapsed and died on a Washington D C sidewalk After spending their early years together in conflict zones as foreign correspondents Geraldine and Tony settled down to raise two boys on Martha s Vineyard The life they built was one of meaningful work good humor and tenderness as they spent their days writing and their evenings cooking family dinners or watching the sun set with friends at Lambert s Cove But all of this came to an abrupt end when on Memorial Day 2019 Geraldine received the phone call we all dread The demands were immediate and many Without space to grieve the sudden loss became a yawning gulf Three years later she booked a flight to a remote island off the coast of Australia with the intention of finally giving herself the time to mourn In a shack on a p

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 bindingan insect wing fragment, wine stains, salt crystals, a white hairshe becomes determined to unlock the books mysteries. As she seeks the counsel of scientists and specialists, the reader is ushered into an exquisitely detailed and atmospheric past, tracing the books 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 citys 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 Hggadahs extraordinary illuminations is finally disclosed.

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.

FromLouisa May Alcott's beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has animated thecharacter of the absent father, March, and crafted a story filled with the ache of love and marriage and with the power of war upon the mind and heart of one unforgettable man (Sue Monk Kidd). With pitch-perfect writing (USA Today), Brooks follows March as he leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause in the Civil War. His experiences will utterly change his marriage and challenge his most ardently held beliefs. A lushly written, wholly original tale steeped in the details of another time, March secures Geraldine Brookss place as a renowned author of historical fiction.

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.

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

A thundering, gritty, emotionally devastating reconsideration of the story of King DavidNew York TimesLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTION 20161000 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.Peeling away the myth to bring David to life in Second Iron Age Israel, Brooks traces the arc of his journey from obscurity to fame, from shepherd to soldier, from hero to traitor, from beloved king to murderous despot and into his remorseful and diminished dotage.A page turner. . .Brooks is a master at bringing the past alive. . .in her skillful hands the issues of the past echo our own deepest concerns: love and loss, drama and tragedy, chaos and brutality Alice Hoffman