A review by shirleytupperfreeman
The Pages by Hugo Hamilton

A book narrates this novel about its life. The book was written by a Jewish author but escaped the Nazi book burning when it was secreted away by a literature student. The book was then hidden away and subsequently passed down from grandfather to his artist granddaughter, Lena. Lena takes the book from NY to Germany to try and track down the story of a hand drawn map in the back of the book. While in Germany, the book is stolen, left in a park and then recovered. In between these travels, the book tells it's author's story, the story written in it's pages, and the stories of all the people whose lives have interacted with it. This multi-layered (understatement there) novel, read for the audio by Nicholas Guy Smith, makes for a clever and worthwhile listen.