諾貝爾獎得主朵卡萩代表作！ ✰瑞典學院盛讚，奧爾嘉‧朵卡荻至今最令人激賞的傑作！ 2018年諾貝爾文學獎得主奧爾嘉·朵卡萩最新英譯作品The Books of Jacob以波蘭18世紀猶太宗教領袖Jacob Frank為本，精彩描繪其備受爭議的一生。 波蘭作家朵卡萩小說取材歷史爭議宗教人物雅各．法蘭克，反思社會。 18世紀中葉，新思潮席捲歐陸，神祕的年輕猶太人出現在波蘭村莊，不久之後他吸引了大批信徒。 2014年於波蘭出版旋即登上暢銷書榜，耗時7年時間翻譯成英文，備受各界矚目。 In the mid-eighteenth century, as new ideas-and a new unrest-begin to sweep the Continent, a young Jew 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 with 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 story of Frank-a real historical figure around whom mystery and controversy swirl to this day-is the perfect canvas for the genius and unparalleled reach of Olga Tokarczuk. Narrated through the perspectives of his contemporaries-those who revere him, those who revile him, the friend who betrays him, the lone woman who sees him for what he is-The Books of Jacob captures a world on the cusp of precipitous change, searching for certainty and longing for transcendence.