A fabulous signed traycased deluxe numbered limited-edition of the first English translation of this 9th novel, an epic magnum opus, from celebrated Polish author and activist Olga Tokarczuk - originally released in Poland in 2014, it was widely praised when she was announced as the winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature. It was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize, a prize she won in 2018 ('Flights '), and was considered the best book by many.
'The Books of Jacob ', originally published on 15 November 2021 by Fitzcarraldo Editions, this deluxe edition released in September 2022, 1st edition/1st printing thus, very large modern paperback original, 912 pages (unusually paginated as page numbers begin from the rear of the book!). Translated from the Polish by Jennifer Croft.
In New/Sealed condition.
Photos 1 - 4 are of the book within this listing. Photos 5 onwards are from my own personal copy, to show how the book is presented inside.
The book will be flat hand signed by the author to a special bookplate affixed to the front cover of the book. Each bookplate is numbered from the overall limited-edition run of this deluxe collectors' edition.
The book measures 10.75in x 6.75in x just under 1.75in. The book has an uncovered spine to show the sewn finish of the text block, blue card wrappers, and blue card endpapers. It is housed in a blue cloth traycase (11.75in x 7.75in x 2.25in), with white lettering to the front and spine and an internal ribbon.
** A lovely signed deluxe special edition of 'The Books of Jacob' which would be a great addition to any collection.
This is a very heavy volume, weighing in at almost 2.1kg before being securely packed. Please note the significant non-UK shipping costs as set out underneath the plot summary (below), if you are an overseas customer interested in this book. As Canada has an inward parcel limit of only 2kg from the UK, I regret that this book is not available for shipping to Canada **
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, 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 rumours
of his sect's secret rituals and the spread of his increasingly
iconoclastic beliefs.
In The Books of Jacob, her masterpiece,
2018 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Olga Tokarczuk writes the story
of Frank through the perspectives of his contemporaries, capturing
Enlightenment Europe on the cusp of precipitous change, searching for
certainty and longing for transcendence.
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