The Books of Jacob - Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft

Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft

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Category: Classic

Narrator: Allen Lewis Rickman

Tags: Classic, Historical Fiction, Literature, Adults

Length: 35 hrs and 37 mins, [Translated by Jennifer Croft], In the mid-18th century, as new ideasand a new unrestbegin 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 sects secret rituals and the spread of his increasingly iconoclastic beliefs. The story of Franka real historical figure around whom mystery and controversy swirl to this dayis the perfect canvas for the genius and unparalleled reach of Ol