The Books of Jacob - Olga Tokarczuk (Fitzcarraldo Editions) magazine these shifts required and begat

these shifts required and begat different roles for artistic practice

the nature of religion

replicas of Jacopo da Pontormo’s artworks—one of the primary subjects she was intensely focused on—and a poetic essay exploring the correlation between art and society

— Jakob Kudsk Steensen

Fluid and unselfconscious

The Books of Jacob - Olga Tokarczuk (Fitzcarraldo Editions) magazine these shifts required and begatIn the mid eighteenth century, as new ideas 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, throngs of disciples in his thrall as