Jacob's Hands: A Fable by Laura Archera Huxley, Christopher Isherwood, Aldous Huxley

141 pages first pub 1939 (view editions)

fiction religion dark reflective slow-paced
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Jacob Ericson is a shy, enigmatic, and somewhat inept ranch hand who works for crotchety Professor Carter and his crippled daughter, Sharon, on a ranch in California's Mojave Desert in the 1920s. One day he learns that his hands possess the myster...

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3.43
based on 55 reviews

Moods

emotional: 80%

reflective: 80%

sad: 40%

hopeful: 20%

mysterious: 20%


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