![]() ![]() The Haggadah is unusual because it is so beautifully illustrated, done at a time when Jewish thought prohibited illustrations of any kind in religious works. The Haggadah has miraculously survived an attack on the museum in which it has been kept during the Bosnian War, rescued by head librarian Ozren Karaman. When the novel begins, the Australian conservator Hanna is called to Sarajevo to analyze and conserve the Sarajevo Haggadah, an illuminated (illustrated) book of Jewish prayer and order regarding Passover Seder. “People of the Book” is an historical novel by Geraldine Brooks which fictionalizes the history of the real-life Sarajevo Haggadah, leaping back and forth between the contemporary era where conservator Hanna Heath investigates the Haggadah, and the past, which details the Haggadah’s history. Note: This study guide refers specifically to the 2008 Penguin Paperbacks Edition of People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. ![]()
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