The Book of Jacob

by Olga Tokarczuk

Set in 5 places · 3 primary
Sense of Place
5/5

Set in

  • Podolia · Ukraine
    18th-century Greater Poland/Eastern Europe, Jacob Frank's Jewish heretic movement
    ★ primary
  • Rohatyn · Ukraine
    Starting point of Jacob Frank's journey in 18th-century Polish-Ukrainian borderlands
    ★ primary
  • Poland · Poland
    18th-century Poland; Jacob Frank's messianic movement among Jewish communities
    ★ primary
  • Warsaw · Poland
    Polish capital where Jacob Frank settles and holds court
  • Istanbul · Turkey
    Ottoman Empire sections; Jacob Frank's conversion and exile in the empire

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