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 - pbk

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Format

pbk

Label

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 - pbk

Note

Pages are numbered backward starting with 964 and ending with 2"Originally published in Poland as Ksiegi Jakubowe by Wydawnictwo Literackie, Krakow, in 2014"--title page verso"Winner of the Nobel Prize in literature"

Edition

First American edition.

Isbn

9780593332528

Lccn

2021020020

Physical Description

964 pages, illustrations, maps, 25 cm

System control number

(OCoLC)on1292021187

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