Jacob's Folly
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780857868961 (0857868969)
Publish date: June 6th 2013
Publisher: CANONGATE BOOKS LTD
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Funny and frank observations of 21st century American life from an 18th century Parisian street vendor reincarnated as a fly. Enjoyable! Jacob Cerf aka Gebeck aka Le Naif died in 1773 Paris. Imagine his surprise when he finds himself reincarnated as a common housefly in 21st Century Long Island! H...
What would happen if reincarnated souls influenced our lives without our knowledge? What if one of those souls was a fly, and that fly remembers his past life 300 years ago? Find out in my revised review of "Jacob's Folly" by Rebecca Miller, here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2015/06/13/a-literal-fly...
Review for Historical Novel Society to be posted after August issue.
I adored this creative, page-turning and moving story of a dead French Jewish peddler come back to life as a fly in modern day Long Island and the influence he has on inveterate goody-two-shoes Les and struggling Orthodox Jew Masha. This book deserves to be a big hit with lots of readers. http://www...
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