{"product_id":"jacobs-folly-by-rebecca-miller","title":"Jacob's Folly By Rebecca Miller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA luminous novel—funny and moving in equal measure—that shines with the author’s unique talents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJacob’s Folly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a rollicking, ingenious, saucy book that takes on desire, faith, love, acting—and reincarnation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e     The novel brims with sparkling, unexpected characters: Jacob, a Jewish peddler living in eighteenth-century France; Leslie and Deirdre Senzatimore, a settled American couple; Masha, an alluring young Ultra-Orthodox Jew, who is also gravely ill. In Rebecca Miller’s self-assured second novel, these four individuals will find their fates intertwined when Jacob is reincarnated as a fly in contemporary Long Island.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e     Miller’s quirky humor and acute, original intelligence animate a wonderfully memorable protagonist. Through the unique lens of Jacob’s consciousness, she explores transformation in all its different guises—personal, spiritual, literal. As she considers the hold of the past on the present, the power of private hopes and dreams, and the collision of fate and free will, Miller’s world—which is our own, transfigured by her clear gaze and by her sharp, surprising wit—comes to life. Leslie’s desire to act as hero and rescuer; Jacob’s disastrous marriage to the childlike Hodel and his obsession with Masha—Miller sketches her characters’ interior lives with compassion, subtlety, and an exceptionally light touch. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJacob’s Folly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is wildly inventive and ultimately moving; it will leave the reader, no less than its characters, transformed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eBook Information\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003ePublished: 05\/03\/2013\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eGenre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003ePages: 371\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eDimensions: 234 x 153mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #ff2a00;\"\u003eNote: Remaindered books or remainders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e are printed books that are over stocks and are sold at reduced prices. Remainder books are sometimes marked by the publisher or slightly damaged.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rebecca Miller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45297247191350,"sku":"9780857868978","price":5.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/files\/Jacob_sFollyByRebeccaMiller.jpg?v=1727413470","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/jacobs-folly-by-rebecca-miller","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}