Anne Sebba

We should never take our daily bread for granted

In a moving combination of memoir and meditation, Predrag Matvejevic describes how a smuggled loaf to a starving PoW proved a life-saver

The baker and his assistant: miniature by Giovanni de Grassi — from The Medieval Health Handbook. Bridgeman Images

  • Our Daily Bread: A Meditation on the Cultural and Symbolic Significance of Bread Throughout History

    Predrag Matvejevic, translated by Christina Pribicevic-Zoric

    Istros Books, pp. 140, £10

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