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>The Books of Jacob

So I’ve continued reading it and so far am really liking it. It is a much more mature novel than Drive Your Plow, at least in concept and execution. At least so far. It is much “loftier” and there seems to be underlying themes that haven’t really emerged yet. It feels like Gnosticism is poking its head out. It doesn’t seem to be as quirky or funny as DYPOTBOTD. Tokarczuk portrays 18th century Poland as a meeting of cultures, religions, and languages. There is a hint of magic realism (I know it’s frowned upon here) where a dying (dead?) woman leaves her body and can view other happenings. It isn’t a huge plot device so far though

I’m like 60 pages in and the plot hasn’t really begun yet, which is a historical messiah figure who tries to unite Jews, Muslims and Christians. It’s a very sprawling novel taking you from person to person with a huge cast of characters. It’s a very “Jewish” book in the way that Joseph and his Brothers, more biblical than what anons stereotype Jewish writing as. There are hints of the Kabbalah and Zohar which I’m interested so I hope it goes more in depth. It’s a giant novel that starts at page 1000 and goes backwards down to 1 and Tokarczuk apparently put a ton of research into the book

>Ulysses by Joyce

Picked it up to reread on a whim and starting Nausicaa now. I’m not taking it as seriously and getting hung up on every reference or thing I don’t understand and it’s a much more enjoyable read than my past one. I forgot how funny Cyclops is. Love that chapter, especially the ending. Enough has been said about the book so no point in going on

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