“Sophisticated and ribald and brimming with folk wit. . . The comedy in this novel blends, as it does in life, with genuine tragedy.”
— Dwight Garner, The New York Times
“Olga Tokarczuk is one of our greatest living fiction writers. . . This could well be a decade-defining book akin to Bolaño’s 2666.”
— AV Club
“Just as awe-inspiring as the Nobel judges claimed.”
— The Washington Post
The Books of Jacob
Year
2023
Pages
993
Praise
“Sophisticated and ribald and brimming with folk wit. . . The comedy in this novel blends, as it does in life, with genuine tragedy.”
— Dwight Garner, The New York Times
“Olga Tokarczuk is one of our greatest living fiction writers. . . This could well be a decade-defining book akin to Bolaño’s 2666.”
— AV Club
“Just as awe-inspiring as the Nobel judges claimed.”
— The Washington Post
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