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Author | Olga Tokarczuk |
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Original title | Księgi Jakubowe |
Translator | Jennifer Croft |
Language | Polish |
Genre | Historical fiction |
Publisher | Wydawnictwo Literackie |
Publication date | October 2014 |
Publication place | Poland |
Published in English | 15 November 2021 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 912 |
Awards | Nike Award (2015) |
ISBN | 978-83-08-04939-6 |
OCLC | 898158997 |
891.8538 | |
LC Class | PG7179.O37 K75 2014 |
The Books of Jacob[a] (Polish: Księgi Jakubowe[b][c]) is an epic historical novel[5] by Olga Tokarczuk, published by Wydawnictwo Literackie in October 2014.[6] It is Tokarczuk's ninth novel and is the product of extensive historical research, taking her seven years to write.[7]
The Books of Jacob is a 912-page novel divided into seven books. It begins in 1752 in Rohatyn and ends in Holocaust-era Korolówka.[8] Its title subject is Jacob Frank, a Polish Jew who claimed to be the messiah. The novel combines dozens of third-person perspectives of those connected to Jacob Frank.[9]
Upon publication, it was an instant best-seller and won Poland's most prestigious literary prize, the Nike Award.[9] By October 2015, the novel's circulation had reached 100,000 copies.[10] When Tokarczuk was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel Committee said that it was "very impressed" by The Books of Jacob.[5] An English translation by Jennifer Croft was published by Fitzcarraldo Editions on 15 November 2021.[11][12] Croft won a 2015 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant for The Books of Jacob.[13] A US publication by Riverhead Books was released on 1 February 2022.[14]
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