People of the book

By Geraldine Brooks

Subjects: Historical Fiction, Manuscrits, Conservation and restoration, Sarajevo, Fiction, historical, general, Manuscripts, Manners and customs, Rare books, Romans, nouvelles, Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts, Bosnia and hercegovina, fiction, Hebrew manuscript, Prayers and devotions, Sarajevo Hagggadah, Fiction, Conservation et restauration, Social life and customs, Judaism, History, Hebrew Manuscripts, Livres, Books, Jewish, Antisemitism, Mothers and daughters

Description: I didn't actually read this book, I listened to it as an Audio-Book, and I think I liked it better for the listening. Perhaps I would have got a little lost at times, trying to read through the twists and turns that this amazing story took me. To follow the path of the Haggadah, an ancient Jewish religious book, back in time to it's creation and it's journey through time to the present day, was a sort of a book/paper/people forensic story, and it had me totally hooked. The book is based on the actual finding of a similar book in Sarajevo in the 1990's.