Starting from such a monumental concept, Brooks has woven an absolutely stunning saga, both of the precious book, the people who made it, and those who guarded it with their lives.īeginning during World War II the novel goes backwards in time, documenting its journey. This stunning novel is breathtaking in its emotional and factual scope. It is likely that it originated in Barcelona in about 1350, and was smuggled from Spain during the Inquisition by the Spanish Jewish community. People of the Book charts the history of the Sarajevo Haggadah, which is considered to be one of the most valuable books in the world, and which has survived to this day against all odds. Summary: An evocative and engrossing novel which ranges through six centuries of the history of a book and the people who guarded it.
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