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The “complex and moving”(The New Yorker) novel by Pulitzer Prize–winner Geraldine Brooks follows a rare manuscript through centuries of exile and war
Inspired by a true story, People of the Book is a novel of sweeping historical grandeur and intimate emotional intensity by an acclaimed and beloved author. Called “a tour de force”by the San Francisco Chronicle, this ambitious, electrifying work traces the harrowing journey of the famed Saraje… More >>
People of the Book: A Novel
September 16th, 2009 by admin Leave a reply »
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I was an enthusiastic hardcover buyer of this book when it hit the shelves.
I got through the book to see how she resolved her “issues.”
Every depiction of her Jewish characters are full of negative Jewish stereotypes.
I am astonished her publishers didn’t see her book as the work of an anti-semitic rant. JUST HATEFUL!!!
This book reminded me why I prefer biographies!
Rating: 1 / 5
I had never heard of this writer or the book, so I took a step in faith and bought the book. Geraldine Brooks did a great job writing this book and following the Jewish book..This book is the CENTERIES OLD jEWISH BOOK OF RULES AND REVEARED IN jEWISH SOCIETY. tHE STORY GOES ALL OVER THE WORLD FOLLOWING THIS BOOK AND PEOPLE WHO HAD TOUCHED IT. iT COMES IN FOR REPAIR AND THE YOUNG GIRL DOES A WHOLE History OF ITS WHEREABOUTS AND PEOPLE. iT APPEARED TO MANY DIfFERENT DENOMINATIONS AND WAS A BIT RUFFLED WHEN THE YOUNG GIRL IN bOSTON GOT IT. iT WAS SAved MANY TIMES FROM EXTINTION FIRST FROM THE gERMAN SOLDIERS WHO WERE ORDERED TO BURN THE CONTENTS OF jEWISH LIBRARIES. wORTH READING AS IN THE END IT WAS A MYSTERY. sOMETIMES WORDY, BUT NEVERTHE LESS a GOOD READ.
Rating: 3 / 5
I read about 20 pages of this book and had to return it to the library. I’m glad I didn’t buy it. I could not connect with the main character and really couldn’t connect with her after she slept with a man she met only hours earlier. No thanks. And this was written by a Pulitzer Prize winner? Wow.
Rating: 1 / 5
I HEARD IT GOT GOOD REVIEWS.
CHARACTERS ARE TWO DIMENSIONAL AND NOT BELIEVABLE.
AFTER TRYING FOR 200 PAGES, I ASKED MYSELF WHY AND GAVE UP.
HAD POTENTIAL BUT KEPT LOOSING IT.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book revolves around a rare book, the Sarajevo Haggadah. The author takes for granted the reader knows the magnitude of this book and its meaning. No suspense or awe is built up and much is lost because of it’s not. There are several instances where the reader is alienated and other things are taken for granted. Done in a different order and with it built up this might have been good. My interest waned quickly. In fact, I was downright bored. It’s far from a thrill ride.
Rating: 2 / 5