The Books of Jacob - Olga Tokarczuk fiction and Anicka Yi

and Anicka Yi

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Essays by leading figures from the worlds of fashion

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Following one woman’s journey from a troubled girlhood in working-class Copenhagen through her struggle to live on her own terms

The Books of Jacob - Olga Tokarczuk fiction and Anicka YiIn 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,more Frank will traverse the Hapsburg and Ottoman empires, throngs of disciples in his thrall