Winner of the\u00a0Premio Internazionale De Lollis (2009)<\/strong><\/h3>\nOur Daily Bread\u00a0charmingly weaves together the customs, rituals, anecdotes, legends and sayings that tell the story of bread, from Mesopotamia, through Egypt, to the Far East, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and the New World.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nMatvejevi\u0107 shows how bread is depicted in literature and art (with beautiful illustrations) and examines especially closely the role of bread in the major world religions, drawing from the Bible, Talmud and Quran, but also at various apocryphal texts.<\/strong><\/p>\nIn his seventh and last chapter, his narrative moves to the personal, explaining what motivated him to write this book; the lean years of his childhood during World War II and his father\u2019s detention in a German concentration camp. Warning about the pending threat of hunger in the \u201cdeveloped world,\u201d the book fittingly ends with a quote from the Russian anarchist Pyotr Kropotkin: \u201cThe question of bread must take precedence over all other questions.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n“…this small but lingeringly powerful book…\u00a0Our Daily Bread<\/strong>\u00a0contains some profound ideas about life. It is both a celebration of and a lament for bread, as the author meanders through connections to history, art and literature.”<\/em><\/p>\nAnne Sebba,\u00a0The Spectator<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n“Our Daily Bread, here in a fluid translation by Christina Pribichevich-Zori\u0107, helps us both to put this essential fare in context and to enjoy it more. For alongside what is essentially a history of the world in bread sit mouth-watering descriptions of a foodstuff \u201cwhich engages all our senses. . .Above all, this is a humane book”<\/em><\/p>\nFiona Rintoul,\u00a0The Herald<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nVtial Food and Potent Symbol<\/strong><\/p>\n“Christians hardly need reminding of the key place of bread in our own religion, but Predrag\u00a0Matvejevi\u0107 consders its place in Judaism and Islam as well, in many differnet contexts, worship, pilgramage and the lives of particular saints.”<\/em><\/p>\nRt Rev Lord Harries, The Church Times<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n“After reading Our Daily Bread, Predrag Matvejevi\u0107\u2019s self-declared meditation on the subject, I will be seeing bread yet again in a different light. Brought to us by Istros Books in a sensitive translation by Christina Pribichevich-Zori\u0107, the late Croatian author and scholar\u2019s book-length reflection on this universal foodstuff is a thing of quiet beauty, a serious yet joyful celebration of something most of us probably take for granted. Crossing centuries and continents, Matvejevi\u0107 traces the history of bread and its cultural significance, evoking the names of gods, saints, poets and philosophers to reveal how entire civilisations have been built on grain.”<\/em><\/p>\n
Matvejevi\u0107 shows how bread is depicted in literature and art (with beautiful illustrations) and examines especially closely the role of bread in the major world religions, drawing from the Bible, Talmud and Quran, but also at various apocryphal texts.<\/strong><\/p>\n In his seventh and last chapter, his narrative moves to the personal, explaining what motivated him to write this book; the lean years of his childhood during World War II and his father\u2019s detention in a German concentration camp. Warning about the pending threat of hunger in the \u201cdeveloped world,\u201d the book fittingly ends with a quote from the Russian anarchist Pyotr Kropotkin: \u201cThe question of bread must take precedence over all other questions.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n “…this small but lingeringly powerful book…\u00a0Our Daily Bread<\/strong>\u00a0contains some profound ideas about life. It is both a celebration of and a lament for bread, as the author meanders through connections to history, art and literature.”<\/em><\/p>\n Anne Sebba,\u00a0The Spectator<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n “Our Daily Bread, here in a fluid translation by Christina Pribichevich-Zori\u0107, helps us both to put this essential fare in context and to enjoy it more. For alongside what is essentially a history of the world in bread sit mouth-watering descriptions of a foodstuff \u201cwhich engages all our senses. . .Above all, this is a humane book”<\/em><\/p>\n Fiona Rintoul,\u00a0The Herald<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Vtial Food and Potent Symbol<\/strong><\/p>\n “Christians hardly need reminding of the key place of bread in our own religion, but Predrag\u00a0Matvejevi\u0107 consders its place in Judaism and Islam as well, in many differnet contexts, worship, pilgramage and the lives of particular saints.”<\/em><\/p>\n Rt Rev Lord Harries, The Church Times<\/strong><\/p>\n “After reading Our Daily Bread, Predrag Matvejevi\u0107\u2019s self-declared meditation on the subject, I will be seeing bread yet again in a different light. Brought to us by Istros Books in a sensitive translation by Christina Pribichevich-Zori\u0107, the late Croatian author and scholar\u2019s book-length reflection on this universal foodstuff is a thing of quiet beauty, a serious yet joyful celebration of something most of us probably take for granted. Crossing centuries and continents, Matvejevi\u0107 traces the history of bread and its cultural significance, evoking the names of gods, saints, poets and philosophers to reveal how entire civilisations have been built on grain.”<\/em><\/p>\n
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