The Love of Books: A Sarajevo Story
How a group of book lovers risked their lives to save a library during the Bosnian war
- Release Date
- 2011-04-21
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- N/A
- Links
- IMDb
Overview
Documentary which tells the story of a group of men and women who risked their lives to rescue a library - and preserve a nation's history - in the midst of the Bosnian war. Amid bullets and bombs and under fire from shells and snipers, this handful of passionate book-lovers safeguarded more than 10,000 unique, hand-written Islamic books and manuscripts - the most important texts held by Sarajevo's last surviving library.