The Books of Jacob by Olga TokarczukMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
An epic dedicated to Jaboc Frank's messianic movement, of which I knew nothing about. It probably would have helped to be more familiar with it, or with Polish history, but as it was this seemed to be a very long novel that delves deep into the old religion Umberto Eco-style, but without the intrigue and excitement you find in his books.
I was sort of looking forward to diving deep into this book and enjoying it, but I must admit that by the end I was just trying to get through it.
Still, a lot of interesting information about a time, place and religious movement I was entirely unfamiliar with.
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