Jakob the Liar by Jurek Becker

Jakob the Liar

Jurek Becker

256 pages first pub 1969 (editions)

fiction historical reflective sad slow-paced

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One of the most remarkable novels of the Holocaust ever written, Jakob the Liar is a tale of everyday heroism and the extraordinary power of illusion. Set in an unnamed German-occupied ghetto, the story centers on an unlikely hero, Jakob Heym, who...

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