Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
270
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 1993
Publisher
De Arbeiderspers
ISBN-10
9029545941
ISBN-13
9789029545945
Description
Four years after the Chmielnicki massacres of the seventeenth century, Jacob, a slave and cowherd in a Polish village high in the mountains, falls in love with Wanda, his master's daughter. Even after he is ransomed, he finds he can't live without her, and the two escape together to a distant Jewish community. Racked by his consciousness of sin in taking a Gentile wife and by the difficulties of concealing her identity, Jacob nonetheless stands firm as the violence of the era threatens to destroy the ill-fated couple.