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Geraldine Brooks

Start date: June 1, 2010

Finish date: August 31, 2010

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Oct 25, 2018 GONZA rated it really liked it

Shelves: awbook-club, posseduto

I liked this book a lot, even if in the middle of it I just got a little bit bored. The story of a book trough almost 600 hundred years, from the first painter to the last owner, was really brilliant and it showed the world and its story from a different point of view. I think I will try to read some other books from this author.

Questo libro mi é piaciuto un sacco, anche se verso la metà ha avuto un leggero cedimento, ma poi si é ripreso alla grande. La storia di un libro attraverso quasi 600 an ...more

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Oct 27, 2021 Kim rated it really liked it

Shelves: libby, audio, read-again, books-about-books, religion-featured, historical-fiction, wartime, europe, authors-i-ve-read-5-or-more-books, 1000books

4.0/5.0 - This book has two storylines. The first is Hannah Heath's story, and how she became the conservator in 1996 of the famous Sarajevo Haddagah, her family and their history. The second, more interesting storyline was of the book itself, the people who created it, cared for it, passed it along, and rescued it throughout history. That part was fascinating and well researched. It bears rereading in the future. Hannah's story was almost a distraction to me.
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