coldest darkness in bright colors; that's how i would describe that book in a few words. after getting over the first couple of pages, which were rather arduous, the suspense grew and grew until it almost became unbearable. the characters at first seemed fairly strange, but the farther i got the more i could hope and feel desperate with them. the pressure that lay on jakob grew insufferable to both him and the reader. some rather comical scenes made the gloom which ran through the whole book eve More...

Cos'è in fondo una bugia?

Una mistificazione della verità, il tentativo di nascondere una realtà inaccettabile, un barlume di speranza che si accende all'improvviso?
La bugia di Jakob è una bugia bianca come una nuvola d'ovatta, di quelle dette non per far male, ma per aiutare a sperare nel domani e risollevare un'intera comunità dalla difficoltà di "vivere senza un futuro".
Jakob il bugiardo - del quale esistono ben due riduzioni cinematografiche: la prima del 1975 premiata al Festival di Berlin More...

First, forget everything you may remember about the movie Jacob the Liar with Robin Williams. That movie is totally NOT representative of this excellent novel.

Read the book instead.

Jacob the Liar takes place in the Łódź Ghetto in 1944. Returning home from work one night, Jacob Heym is caught in the spotlight of a guard who tells Jacob he is out past the 8 o’clock curfew and to report to the military office for a “well deserved” punishment. As he walks the corridor of the military building, not k More...

Der Film (oder eine der Filme) ist ja sehr bekannt. Entweder der alte Deutsche, oder die neuere Version mit Robin Williams. Nun aber das Buch ist an sich sehr lesenswert, nicht nur weil es ein Gesicht des 2. Weltkrieges ist die wir selten zu sehen bekommen, sondern auch weil die Prosa mit der das Buch geschrieben ist ausreicht um es Wertvoll zu machen.

Die Beschreibungen und Zeitlinie mit der Jurek Becker die Geschichte erzählt bringen dem leser das geschehens nah. Zu dem gibt's in der Welt zu vi More...

Jakob the Liar is about a Jewish man who is being held in a Ghetto. When he gets into trouble with a German look out he is forced to go into the Military office where he hears news that the Red Army is getting close to the Ghetto where he is being held prisoner. He is so excited he has to tell someone, he tells his friend Mischa, Jackob can't just tell him he went to the Military office so he makes up a lie and tells Mischa he has a radio. It snowballs after that he doesn't wasnt to give the peo More...

I never like Holocaust novels, but somehow this one appeals to me. Jakob was a Jew that, being forced to report to a German military office, accidentally overheard on their radio that Russian army were approaching. That would mean salvation for all the people suffering under the German. Once Jakob let the information slip from his tongue, the whole ghetto was put in high expectation. Unfortunately people wouldn't believe the original story, so he said that he had a radio, and a lie follow one af More...

As I like reading any kind of Holocaust books, I really enjoyed reading this one. I liked the story-telling. Becker was quite successful in telling the everyday life at the ghetto, the triviality of people’s horrors. Still, it was not depressing at all. I consider it as an extremely well-written book and I recommend it if you're interested in that kind of thing, or just if you like good literary fiction.

I really enjoyed the voice in this novel, and I particularly appreciated that it didn't have a nice, clean, easy conclusion. It was a difficult and complex book in terms of what it asked of the reader, but it was strangely enjoyable to read at the same time. I can easily imagine using this novel in a high school class, particularly with juniors or seniors.

Là, dove sono stato io, non si è avuta nessuna resistenza.

Jakob il bugiardo è una riflessione sulla verità, sulla bugia, sulla natura della realtà. Un narratore anonimo racconta, molti anni dopo gli avvenimenti stessi, la storia di Jakob, entrambi costretti nel ghetto di Lodz durante l'occupazione nazista. Il romanzo utilizza l'assurdo come arma principale: in un mondo stravolto, dove la fame l'umiliazioni e le vessazioni psicologiche e fisiche sono più che quotidiane, il nostro narratore sottol More...

If you have only seen the Robin Williams film, you're missing out on the complete story. The book has two endings - I will reveal neither - and both together make for an emotional finale to an already touching story. For anyone interested in Holocaust fiction, this is not to be missed.

I was in the park, and the first four pages of the book floated past me. I read them and was extremely intrigued. I am looking forward to reading this book.

Incredible, beautiful, painful, poignant, holocaust story. They made a movie of this, but it didn't come close. What do you expect? It's grim!

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An interesting basic story that didn't in my opinion really add much depth to the holocaust story

2nd world war. a big word. a big book to this theme. read it, you won't regret it.

I think I liked it. Can't remember. Let's hear it for thorough reviews!

I enjoyed this, but could not get the Robin Williams version out of my head.

Important book, gives a lot of hope in dark times!

I've seen the movie and really wannt to read the book...

Fantastic book and great movie!!!

Very good book. Never saw the movie

I read this because I have had it forever and needed a book to read. It was actually really good. I have always been interested in the perspective of the Jews during the Holocaust and this book gives a good glimpse of how life was in the ghettos. Although the book is fiction, it is written by a survivor.

I'm still trying to get into the mood and spirit of the book. It's taking more time than expected, yet I'm still confident. Hopefully "Jakob the Liar" will gain both: my attention and some stars more before the end.

I had to read this in school and didn't really like it back then. Maybe because I had to read it for a course. In the end, it wasn't really that bad as I thought first. I'll give it another try I think.

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I just couldn't get into this book. It wasn't uninteresting, just not compelling. I left it halfway. Who knows if I'll go back.

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Both the German and American films were great, although the American one departs from the book a lot.

schade, dass ich es unter zwang gelesen habe-

Saw this on Goodreads and thought it looked good.