Jacob the Liar by Jurek Becker

Jacob the Liar

Jurek Becker

256 pages first pub 1969 (editions)

fiction historical reflective sad slow-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

During the Holocaust, one man's "small" lie gives false hope to his ghetto community. Originally published in 1969, and the basis of an Academy-Award-nominated film, this classic work comes now in a new translation by acclaimed translator Leila Ve...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...