- Fiction, Jewish messianic movements, History, Messianisme juif
In the mid-eighteenth century, a young Jew of mysterious origins arrives in a village in Poland. Before long, he has changed not only his name but his persona, Jacob Frank casts a charismatic spell that attracts an increasingly fervent following.
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- unpretentiousprestige
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- rawmeticulous
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Olga Tokarczuk
- First published
- 2014
- Pages
- 1002
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group, Anagrama, Riverhead Books
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English, Spanish, Polish
- ISBN
- 9788433901804
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Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk (ur. 29 stycznia 1962 w Sulechowie) – polska pisarka, eseistka, poetka i autorka scenariuszy, psycholożka, laureatka Nagrody Nobla w dziedzinie literatury za rok 2018, laureatka The Man Booker International Prize 2018 za powieść Bieguni oraz dwukrotna laureatka Nagrody Literackiej „Nike” za powieści: *Bieguni* (2008) i *Księgi Jakubowe* (2015). ---------- Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk ([tɔˈkart͡ʂuk]; born 29 January 1962) is a Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual. She is one of the most critically acclaimed and successful authors of her generation in Poland. In 2019, she was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature as the first Polish female prose writer for "a na
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