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The Books of Jacob

Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft

From Shelf: The 2022 International Booker Prize Longlist

In The Books of Jacob, Tokarczuk traverses the Hapsburg and Ottoman Empires and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in search of Jacob Frank, a highly controversial historical figure from the eighteenth century and the leader of a mysterious, heretical Jewish splinter group that converted at different times to both Islam and Catholicism.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
928
Publisher:
Fitzcarraldo Editions
ISBN:
9781910695593
Published Date:
15/11/2021
Dimensions:
144mm x 226mm x 62mm
Weight:
946g
Category:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

RRP: £20

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9781910695593


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