02813cam a2200469 i 4500 547064562 TxGeo 20220121120000.0 210430t20222021||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021020020 9780593087480 hbk. 0593087488 hbk. (OCoLC)1292021187 TxGeo rda eng pol Tokarczuk, Olga, 1962- Księgi Jakubowe English. The books of Jacob / Olga Tokarczuk ; translated by Jennifer Croft ; map by Meighan Cavanaugh. Fantastic journey across seven borders, five languages, and three major religions, not counting the minor sects. Told by the dead, supplemented by the author, drawing from a range of books, and aided by imagination, the which being the greateest natural g. Books of Jacob, The : or, a fantastic journey across seven borders, five languages, and three major religions, not counting the minor sects. First American edition. ©2021. New York, NY : Riverhead Books, 2022. 964 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Paged in descending order. Includes bibliographical references. "In the mid-eighteenth century, as new ideas ... 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"-- Provided by publisher. 20220203. In English, translated from the Polish. Frank, Jacob approximately 1726-1791 Fiction. Jewish messianic movements Europe History 18th century Fiction. Poland History 18th century Fiction. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Polish language materials Translations into English. Croft, Jennifer, (Translator), translator. Cavanaugh, Meighan, cartographer. QS5