Paul Trittin’s “Jacobus” teaches readers a lesson about unconditional love and family values
Jacobus: A Eunuch’s Faith by Paul Trittin is a story of unconditional love and valuing one’s family.
In the novel, Jacobus has a twin brother, Josephus, and is sold by his father to his relatives to become an apprentice in the family’s shipping business in Sicily. Josephus is left behind and Jacobus feels distraught at being far from his brother. Yet he will feel excited at the eventuality of seeing the world.
AsJacobus spends his first year at sea, he finds his ability to love unconditionally, his belongingness to the extended family he never expects to find, and his curiosity for the new message of an emerging prophet.
