People of the Book in Around the World in 80 Books

Nov 07, 2010 Laura (booksnob) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: literature, humanities-reading-list, 2010

People of the book is about a famous book called the Sarajevo Haggadah. It is famous because it is an illuminated manuscript that illustrated the Jewish text of the Bible from Creation to the Exodus from Egypt. The book is over 500 years old and extremely rare because most Jewish families did not illuminate their books as that went against tradition. Illuminating books was primarily done by Christians. The Haggadah is commonly used by Jewish families on the Passover Seder. The Sarajevo Haggadah ...more

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Apr 07, 2013 Karen rated it really liked it

Great story, based on wonderful edition of the Haggadah: The Sarajevo Haggadah.

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Nov 25, 2013 Windy rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: around-the-world

This story flits between the present day story of Hanna, a specialist in old books, and short stories of people who have been in contact with the book which Hanna is working on.

I enjoyed the short, historical stories but found Hanna's story complicated and got muddled at times, especially at the end. ...more

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Feb 04, 2015 Nikki Morse rated it liked it

It took me almost a full month to read this - mostly because I pretty much hated the first 200 pages. I kept going because I also hate not finishing books, and both Jenn and my mom loved it. I really did like the last 168 pages, and looking back am not sure why it took me so long to get into it. Or maybe it just falls into that category of "liked ok." And with so many books out there to devour and love, why bother? ...more

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