The Books of Jacob - An exclusive collector s edition of the magisterial novel by the Nobel Prize winning author

Olga Tokarczuk (translator Jennifer Croft)

Verlag: Volume, London, 2022

Beschreibung

Volume, 2022, 920 pages. Limited edition of 1000. NEW, in publisher's shrink wrap and shipping box. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade. -- Enlarged from the paperback version available in bookstores, Volume s elegant boxed edition is covered in real cloth specially dyed in the coveted Fitzcarraldo colourway Yves Klein blue and adorned with its trademark logo, inspired by the imprints of early printing presses. An exposed binding celebrates the grand scale and literary gravitas of this epic publication from one of the world s most gifted novelists. The Books of Jacob was first published in Polish in 2014. In collaboration with Fitzcarraldo Editions, this collector s edition of the long-awaited English-language edition, translated from the Polish by International Booker Prize winning translator Jennifer Croft and signed by the author, is limited to only 1000 copies. Tokarczuk s ninth novel runs to over 900 pages and is described by many as her magnum opus. 275 x 175 mm 920 pages Numbered Signed by the author Clothbound clamshell box Book-block with exposed binding Ultra-lightweight paper stock. --- In the mid-eighteenth century, as new ideas begin to sweep the continent, a young Jewish man 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 rumors of his sect s secret rituals and the spread of his increasingly iconoclastic beliefs. The Books of Jacob follows 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. Volume has partnered with Fitzcarraldo Editions to offer a collector s edition of the new, and much anticipated, English translation of this contemporary masterpiece by International Booker Prize winner and 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature Laureate, Olga Tokarczuk. The collaboration between Fitzcarraldo Editions and Volume marks the first time the independent literary publisher has offered a hardcover edition of one of its titles (beyond its collectible paperback range) and signals Volume s expanded reach to modern bibliophiles. Olga Tokarczuk is the author of nine novels, three short-story collections and has been translated into forty-five languages. Her novel Flights won the 2018 International Booker Prize, in Jennifer Croft s translation. In 2019, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Books of Jacob is her third book with Fitzcarraldo Editions. Jennifer Croft was awarded the International Booker Prize in 2018 and was a National Book Award Finalist for her translation from Polish of Olga Tokarczuk s Flights. She is the recipient of Fulbright, PEN, MacDowell, and National Endowment for the Arts grants and fellowships, as well as the inaugural Michael Henry Heim Prize for Translation and a Tin House Workshop Scholarship for her memoir Homesick. Ltd. edition in handmade box, covered in real cloth specially dyed in "Yves Klein blue" Collector s edition limited to 1000 copies. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1014Rack

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Titel: The Books of Jacob - An exclusive collector ...

Verlag: Volume, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 2022

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: new

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