In eighteenth-century Paris, Jacob is a peddler of knives, salt cellars and snuffboxes. Despite a disastrous teenage marriage, Jacob is determined to raise himself up in life, by whatever means he can.
In twenty-first-century America, Jacob's life has twisted in ways he could never have imagined. But even the tiniest of flies can influence the turning of the world. Reliable, true Leslie Senzatimore, a volunteer fireman, and Masha, a gravely ill young woman, are about to have their lives transformed.
Through her wonderfully memorable protagonist, Rebecca Miller considers the hold of the past on the present, the power of private hopes and dreams, and the collision of fate and free will. In Jacob's Folly, Miller's world - which is our own, transfigured by her clear gaze and by her sharp, surprising wit - comes brilliantly to life.
- ISBN10 0857868969
- ISBN13 9780857868961
- Publish Date 6 June 2013 (first published 5 March 2013)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 June 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Canongate Books
- Edition Main - Acetate cover
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 384
- Language English