People of the Book: A Novel
by Geraldine Brooks
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Author: Geraldine BrooksContributor: Edwina Wren
Edition: Music CD
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2008-01-01
ISBN: N/A
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Book Reviews of People of the Book: A Novel
Book Review: not my "Book"
Summary: 2 Stars
Only got about 3/4 of the way through. I would have quit earlier, but was determined since I had paid hardback price for it. Won't be picking up any of her other books, Pulitzer or not. This novel is too contrived, and dry and soap operatic at same time, if that is possible.
Summary of People of the Book: A Novel
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.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
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