In THE BOOKS OF JACOB, Tokarczuk traverses the Hapsburg and Ottoman Empires and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in search of Jacob Frank, a highly controversial historical figure from the eighteenth century and the leader of a mysterious, heretical Jewish splinter group that converted at different times to both Islam and Catholicism. Examining Frank through the eyes of both ...(展开全部)

Louise has had enough of her twin sister. Caroline is beautiful. Caroline is talented. Caroline is "better." Growing up on the small island of Rass in Chesapeake Bay, Caroline seems to do nothing but take from Louise: their parents' love, Louise's chances for an education, her dreams for the future. They have spent their lives entwined -- sleeping in the same room, eating at th...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Esau have I hated . . . Sara Louise Bradshaw is sick and tired of her beautiful twin Caroline. Ever since they were born, Caroline has been the pretty one, the talented one, the better sister. Even now, Caroline seems to take everything: Louise's friends, their parents' love, her dreams for the future. For once in her life, Louise wants to be the special one. But...(展开全部)

I was proud of my sister, but that year, something began to rankle beneath the pride. Louise has had enough of her twin sister. Caroline is beautiful. Caroline is talented. Caroline is better. Growing up on the small island of Rass in Chesapeake Bay, Caroline seems to do nothing but take from Louise: their parents' love, Louise's chances for an education, her dreams for the f...(展开全部)

In THE BOOKS OF JACOB, Tokarczuk traverses the Hapsburg and Ottoman Empires and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in search of Jacob Frank, a highly controversial historical figure from the eighteenth century and the leader of a mysterious, heretical Jewish splinter group that converted at different times to both Islam and Catholicism. Examining Frank through the eyes of both ...(展开全部)

The Nobel Prize–winner’s richest, most sweeping and ambitious novel yet follows the comet-like rise and fall of a mysterious, messianic religious leader as he blazes his way across eighteenth-century Europe. 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...(展开全部)

Introduction by Barbara Hardy

Introduction by Barbara Hardy

雅各布·克莱因（Jacob Klein，1899－1978），美国哲学家，以阐释柏拉图和柏拉图主义传统，研究现代符号数学的本性和历史起源而著称。他1899年生于俄国，在柏林大学和马堡大学学习，曾师从哈特曼、海德格尔和胡塞尔，1922年获得博士学位。1938年来到美国，次年在马里兰安纳波利斯的圣约翰学院（St. John’s College）任教，直到1978年去世，1949年至1958年任圣约翰学院院长。

雅各布·克莱因（Jacob Klein，1899－1978），美国哲学家，以阐释柏拉图和柏拉图主义传统，研究现代符号数学的本性和历史起源而著称。他1899年生于俄国，在柏林大学和马堡大学学习，曾师从哈特曼、海德格尔和胡塞尔，1922年获得博士学位。1938年来到美国，次年在马里兰安纳波利斯的圣约翰学院（St. John’s College）任教，直到1978年去世，1949年至1958年任圣约翰学院院长。