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| People of the Book: A Novel | 
| Author: Geraldine Brooks
Creator: Edwina Wren
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  116 reviews
Sales Rank: 93693
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 12
Pages: 10
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5.5 x 1.5
ISBN: 0143142984
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780143142980
ASIN: 0143142984
Publication Date: January 1, 2008
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Amazon Best of the Month, January 2008: One of the earliest Jewish religious volumes to be illuminated with images, the Sarajevo Haggadah survived centuries of purges and wars thanks to people of all faiths who risked their lives to safeguard it. Geraldine Brooks, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March, has turned the intriguing but sparely detailed history of this precious volume into an emotionally rich, thrilling fictionalization that retraces its turbulent journey. In the hands of Hanna Heath, an impassioned rare-book expert restoring the manuscript in 1996 Sarajevo, it yields clues to its guardians and whereabouts: an insect wing, a wine stain, salt crystals, and a white hair. While readers experience crucial moments in the book's history through a series of fascinating, fleshed-out short stories, Hanna pursues its secrets scientifically, and finds that some interests will still risk everything in the name of protecting this treasure. A complex love story, thrilling mystery, vivid history lesson, and celebration of the enduring power of ideas, People of the Book will surely be hailed as one of the best of 2008. --Mari Malcolm 
Product Description
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March, the journey of a rare illuminated prayer book through centuries of war, destruction, theft, loss, and love.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 111 more reviews...
 So-so August 20, 2008
The modern characters are weak and the story doesn't stick together very well. But the historic dramas were quite intriguing. Fells like this book was written by two different authors. Overall, if you are looking for a book to kill time, you can give it a try. Nothing more than that.
 Mystery and history combined August 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you like historical fiction with a bit of mystery intertwined, you will like this. I won't repeat the plot, but I found it totally fascinating and found myself going back to reread parts -- the chapter headings were so helpful, I'm thinking the author anticipated readers rereading parts. The idea of taking art "backwards" isn't new, but it is still fascinating.
And, if you enjoy this title, check out the movie The Red Violin and another great book by Susan Vreeland Girl in Hyacinth Blue
Great read; rooted in historical fact August 10, 2008
This is a great work of historical fiction. Weaving well-researched fact with fictional story, the story of the famous Sarajevo Hagaddah is told here.
3.5 out of 5: Not high-brow but entertaining nonetheless August 6, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This isn't highbrow literature, but it is one of the more entertaining books I've read recently, particularly since I love reading about books and book history. This is the story of an old haggadah (a Jewish sacred test used at the Passover table). The narration alternates from the modern viewpoint of a book restorer to the various people over centuries who have helped the haggadah to survive. The love story contained within the modern narrative moves quicker than I expected and is trite and somewhat tacky. Fortunately, the parts of the story about book restoring are interesting, and the haggadah's history is interesting as well. I'm a bit ashamed to admit I couldn't put this down.
A Beautiful, Exhilarating Book August 3, 2008
This is a beautiful book, and I must admit that I burst into tears upon finishing it. It wasn't until I was an adult that I found out from my uncle that our family had been forced out of Spain in 1492. They went to Holland and then eventually made their way across Europe to what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire. While the memory of leaving Spain had stayed with the family, the Spanish family name had not. This book gave me a feel of what their life in Spain might have been like.
I disagree with other reviewers about the main character. I liked Hanna and thought the development of her character to be quite realistic.
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