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Control # 1 2021020020
Control # Id 3 DLC
Date 5 20230317141547.0
Fixed Data 8 210430s2022 nyu b 000 1 eng
LC Card 10    $a 2021020020
ISBN 20    $a9780593087480$q(hardcover)
ISBN 20    $z9780593087497$q(ebook)
ISBN 20    $a9780593332528 (International export edition)
Obsolete 39    $a363811$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC$dDLC
Languages 41 $aeng$hpol
Authen. Ctr. 42    $apcc
Geog. Area 43    $ae-pl---
LC Call 50 00 $aPG7179.O37$bK7513 2022
Dewey Class 82 00 $a891.8/537$223
ME:Pers Name 100 $aTokarczuk, Olga,$d1962-$eauthor.
Title:Ufm 240 10 $aKsiegi Jakubowe.$lEnglish
Title 245 14 $aThe books of Jacob :$bor, 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 greateest 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 /$cOlga Tokarczuk ; translated by Jennifer Croft.
Edition 250    $aFirst American edition.
Projectd Pub 263    $a2202
Tag 264 264  1 $aNew York :$bRiverhead Books,$c2022.
Phys Descrpt 300    $a961 p. ;$c24 cm.
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references.
Abstract 520    $a"In the mid-eighteenth century, as new ideas-and a new unrest-begin to sweep the Continent, a young Jew of mysterious origins arrives in a village in Poland. Before long, he has changed not only his name but his persona; visited by what seem to be ecstatic experiences, Jacob Frank casts a charismatic spell that attracts an increasingly fervent following. In the decade to come, Frank will traverse the Hapsburg and Ottoman empires with throngs of disciples in his thrall as he reinvents himself again and again, converts to Islam and then Catholicism, is pilloried as a heretic and revered as the Messiah, and wreaks havoc on the conventional order, Jewish and Christian alike, with scandalous rumors of his sect's secret rituals and the spread of his increasingly iconoclastic beliefs. The story of Frank-a real historical figure around whom mystery and controversy swirl to this day-is the perfect canvas for the genius and unparalleled reach of Olga Tokarczuk. Narrated through the perspectives of his contemporaries-those who revere him, those who revile him, the friend who betrays him, the lone woman who sees him for what he is-The Books of Jacob captures a world on the cusp of precipitous change, searching for certainty and longing for transcendence"--$cProvided by publisher.
Subj:Pers 600 10 $aFrank, Jacob,$dapproximately 1726-1791$vFiction.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aJewish messianic movements$zEurope$xHistory$y18th century$vFiction.
Subj:Geog. 651  0 $aPoland$xHistory$y18th century$vFiction.
Genre/Form 655  7 $aBiographiical fiction.$2lcgft
Genre/Form 655  7 $aHistorical fiction.$2lcgft
AE:Pers Name 700 $aCroft, Jennifer$c(Translator)$etranslator.
Tag 949 949 $aSMF$cF$dTOKARC$g33390004749574$p35.00