Writer says she doesn't like to get involved in politics, but notes that Poles share Ukraine's 'sense of danger that Russia presents to the free world'

Polish Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk and her novel 'The Books of Jacob,' which tells the story of 18th-century Jewish mystical cult leader Jacob Frank, also on prize longlist

‘The Books of Jacob,’ now available in English, has fueled debate on how Poles see their country's Jewish past amid growing academic interest

Olga Tokarczuk's tome 'The Books of Jacob' hailed by the Swedish Academy as her 'magnum opus'; this year's prize for literature is won by Austria's Peter Handke