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| Author | Olga Tokarczuk |
|---|---|
| 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]
- ^ @FitzcarraldoEds (26 February 2021). "We have some news! THE BOOKS OF JACOB by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by @jenniferlcroft , is out 15 November 2021" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 2018 – Bio-bibliography". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ Rojcewicz, Stephen (2020). "Olga Tokarczuk: The Right Time and Place". Reviews. Delos: A Journal of Translation and World Literature. 35 (1) (Spring 2020: Special Issue on Performance and Translation ed.) (published 6 May 2020): 101–115. doi:10.5744/delos.2020.1009.
- ^ Sosnowski, Jerzy (10 December 2019). "Księga totalna". Więź (in Polish). Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke win Nobel Prize for Literature for 2018 and 2019". BBC News. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Księgi Jakubowe". Wydawnictwo Literackie. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ Tausinger, Rona (14 April 2020). "'I wrote about a charismatic man, a psychopath, a charmer. A fraud'". Israel Hayom. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ Croft, Jennifer (March 2020). "Frozen Time". Frieze. No. 209.
- ^ a b Franklin, Ruth (29 July 2019). "Olga Tokarczuk's Novels Against Nationalism". The New Yorker. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Nakład "Ksiąg Jakubowych" przekroczył 100 tysięcy". www.tokarczuk.wydawnictwoliterackie.pl (in Polish). 29 October 2015. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "The Books of Jacob". Fitzcarraldo Editions. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Flood, Alison (26 February 2021). "Olga Tokarczuk's 'magnum opus' finally gets English release – after seven years of translation". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ Tokarczuk, Olga (22 October 2015). "The Books of Jacob". pen.org. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk: 9780593087480". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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