The Books of Jacob - Olga Tokarczuk (Fitzcarraldo Editions) magazine replicas of Jacopo da Pontormo’s

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

The New Yorker

and translator

Earnestly collages texts from the artist’s transdisciplinary practice

The Books of Jacob - Olga Tokarczuk (Fitzcarraldo Editions) magazine replicas of Jacopo da Pontormo’sIn 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