Especially now it should be said Europe has long been multicultural.

That Europe was made through the cultural influence of the Ottoman Empire, and many other threads.

That Eastern and Central Europe have been, in part, Muslim and multifaith Europe.

And reading Olga Tokarczuk, The Books of Jacob is one way to appreciate that. Especially chapter nine, and the characters of Hannah and Tova - the focus of this week’s slow read rerun