![]() ![]() ![]() There are a lot of different characters but central to the action of the story is Jacob Frank, a man who for decades draws followers to him, seemingly casting a sort of spell of charisma and intrigue. The story is set mostly in and around Poland in the 17th century. In the end, it was both worth it and, perhaps, a better way to read this dense and thoughtful novel. ![]() And I did it! I carefully divided the number of pages (which are numbered intentionally backward) by the number of days I had and for 2 weeks I read diligently. I had 2 weeks to read it before I had to return it for the next patron. I knew the book was large but didn’t realize how large until I picked up my hold at the library.įriends, this book is 965 pages long. When I heard her latest book was about a historical novel about a real figure who claimed to be a messiah, my interest was definitely piqued. I loved her novel Drive Your Plough Over the Bones of the Dead and she won the Nobel Prize for Literature shortly after I raved about it here (I’m sure the committee reads my blog). It is, I think, a testament to Olga Tokarczuk’s writing that I undertook to read The Books of Jacob at all. The Books of Jacob – Olga Tokarczuk (Riverhead Books, 2022) ![]()
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