The books of Jacob, or, A 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 greatest natural gift of any person. That the wise might have it for a record, that my compatriots reflect, laypersons gain some understanding, and melancholy souls obtain some slight enjoyment

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Cavanaugh, Meighan
Croft, Jennifer (Translator)

Tokarczuk, Olga, 1962-

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Tokarczuk, Olga

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"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"--

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Biographical fiction
Frank, Jacob, -- approximately 1726-1791 -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Jewish messianic movements -- Europe -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction
Poland -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction

The books of Jacob, or, A 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 greatest natural gift of any person. That the wise might have it for a record, that my compatriots reflect, laypersons gain some understanding, and melancholy souls obtain some slight enjoyment

The books of Jacob, or, A 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 greatest natural gift of any person. That the wise might have it for a record, that my compatriots reflect, laypersons gain some understanding, and melancholy souls obtain some slight enjoyment / Olga Tokarczuk ; translated by Jennifer Croft ; map by Meighan Cavanaugh

The books of Jacob, or, A 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 greatest natural gift of any person. That the wise might have it for a record, that my compatriots reflect, laypersons gain some understanding, and melancholy souls obtain some slight enjoyment

Frank, Jacob
History
Jewish messianic movements