Author : Kyuka Lilymjok
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9785739988
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (857 download)
Book Synopsis The Heart of Jacob by : Kyuka Lilymjok
Download or read book The Heart of Jacob written by Kyuka Lilymjok and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacob prospers as a moneylender and pig merchant by taking advantage of other peoples misfortunes. But when he seeks to exploit the famine afflicting his village Tounga by lending money at high interest rates to poor villagers, he does not reckon what a sacrilege his pigs would commit which give the people an opportunity to feast on his own misfortune. When this happens community gives way to individual desires, and the stomach dictates to the head what it should think and believe in. Reason bends to absurdity and custom bows to bizarre novelty. Life explodes into a sinister mess that points to only one outcome: Jacob and societys ultimate ruin.