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03 May, 2008
The People Who Saved the Book
2 of 2 found this helpful Well written "What if" knovel by Pulitzer Prize winning author Geraldine Brooks. Brooks traces the journey of the Sarajevo Haggadah from its origins in Spain to the war ravaged town of Sarajevo. Inspired by the mariculous story of Sarajevo Haggadah, Brooks creates an adventure over several centuries. The chief component of the story is how the book is created and hidden from those who would destroy it as a piece Jewish culture.
Along the way, the reader is exposed to the people who touched the book and how the book changed them. A rare-book expert, the sefer who created it, the Catholic priest who saved it from buring and the museum curator who kept it from the hands of the Nazi's. Reading this book will make you next want to get a facsimile copy of the Haggadah to see its beauty.
10 Aug, 2016
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Fragrance is very close to Kilian's Back to Black at a fraction of the cost.
03 Dec, 2008
A BOOK TO BAMBOOZLE
2 of 2 found this helpful What would it be like to be adrift at sea for 227 dats with nothing but emergency rations, a hyena, a badly injured zebra and Richard Parker, man-eating Bengal tiger as your shipmates? This is where we find a 16-year old Indian boy named Piscine Molitor Patel (Pi). Adrift at sea after surviving a catastrauphic dissaster that claims his entire family (mother, father, brother and their zoo).
Piscine is a teenager growing up in Pondicherry, located in southern India. His family runs the Pondicicherry Zoo whiuch makes Pi's life rich with unique and wonderful experiences. Piscine learns the psychology and husbandry of animals. Pi amd his brother Ravi are taught to respect the animals, not as pets, but as living things with their own needs. Pi's father dramatically demonstrates the danger of the animals when the boys are forced to watch when a starving Bengal tiger kills and eats a "pet" goat introduced into its pen. Pi's knowledge is nurtured by good schools and excellent teachers, in particular his atheist science teacher who inspires Pi to study zoology.
Pi survival through the use of his wits and sheer determination, is one that grabs you and never lets go. It's a story that seems both too real and surreal at the same time. Yann Martel is a master story teller and he weaves a tale that is entertaining and thought-provoking and at the end, he challenges you to believe it all. A real page-turner!