{"product_id":"the-books-of-jacob-paperback","title":"The Books of Jacob - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOlga Tokarczuk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJennifer Croft\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA NEW YORKER \u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eESSENTIAL READ\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Just as awe-inspiring as the Nobel judges claimed.\" \u003ci\u003e- The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Olga Tokarczuk is one of our greatest living fiction writers. . . This could well be a decade-defining book akin to Bolaño's \u003ci\u003e2666\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \u003ci\u003e-AV Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Sophisticated and ribald and brimming with folk wit. . . The comedy in this novel blends, as it does in life, with genuine tragedy.\" -Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, TIME, THE NEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e, AND NPR \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Nobel Prize-winner's richest, most sweeping and ambitious novel yet follows the comet-like rise and fall of a mysterious, messianic religious leader as he blazes his way across eighteenth-century Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the mid-eighteenth century, as new ideas--and a new unrest--begin to sweep the Continent, a young Jew of mysterious origins arrives in a village in Poland. Before long, he has changed not only his name but his persona; visited by what seem to be ecstatic experiences, Jacob Frank casts a charismatic spell that attracts an increasingly fervent following. In the decade to come, Frank will traverse the Hapsburg and Ottoman empires with throngs of disciples in his thrall as he reinvents himself again and again, converts to Islam and then Catholicism, is pilloried as a heretic and revered as the Messiah, and wreaks havoc on the conventional order, Jewish and Christian alike, with scandalous rumors of his sect's secret rituals and the spread of his increasingly iconoclastic beliefs. The story of Frank--a real historical figure around whom mystery and controversy swirl to this day--is the perfect canvas for the genius and unparalleled reach of Olga Tokarczuk. Narrated through the perspectives of his contemporaries--those who revere him, those who revile him, the friend who betrays him, the lone woman who sees him for what he is--\u003ci\u003eThe Books of Jacob \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures a world on the cusp of precipitous change, searching for certainty and longing for transcendence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a nod to books written in Hebrew, \u003ci\u003eThe Books of Jacob\u003c\/i\u003e is paginated in reverse, beginning on p. 955 and ending on p. 1 - but read traditionally, front cover to back.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlga Tokarczuk\u003c\/b\u003e has won the Nobel Prize in Literature and the International Booker Prize, among many other honors. She is the author of a dozen works of fiction, two collections of essays, and a children's book; her work has been translated into fifty languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Croft\u003c\/b\u003e won the 2020 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for her illustrated memoir \u003ci\u003eHomesick \u003c\/i\u003eand the 2018 Booker International Prize for her translation of Olga Tokarczuk's \u003ci\u003eFlights\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.07 x 8.98 x 6.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 31, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44328297300070,"sku":"9780593087503","price":28.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ZHY1SWlxVlZhK2NuajRnV2Y4MnhqUT09.webp?v=1768301463","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-books-of-jacob-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}