Jacob's Ladder
A Novel
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Author
Publication
2019-07-09 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language
English
Word Count
140,000 words, Guess
Page Count
560 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-100374293651
- ISBN-139780374293659
- Library of Congress Control Number2018050162
- OCLC Control Number1053570867
- Better World Books9780374293659
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL28247711M
Classifications
- LCCPG3489.2.L58L4713
- LCCPG3489.2.L58 L4713 2019
Description
"Jumping between the diaries and letters of Jacob Ossetsky in Kiev in the early 1900s and the experiences of his granddaughter Nora in the theatrical world of Moscow in the 1970s and beyond, Jacob's Ladder guides the reader through some of the most turbulent times in the history of Russia and Ukraine, and draws suggestive parallels between historical events of the early twentieth century and those of more recent memory. Spanning the seeming promise of the prerevolutionary years, to the dark Stalinist era, to the corruption and confusion of the present day, Jacob's Ladder is a pageant of romance, betrayal, and memory. With a scale worthy of Tolstoy, it asks how much control any of us have over our lives--and how much is in fact determined by history, by chance, or indeed by the genes passed down by the generations that have preceded us into the world."--
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- Jacob's Ladder: A Novel
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