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“An intoxicating fusion of fantasy and historical fiction. . . . Wecker’s storytelling skills dazzle." —Entertainment Weekly A marvelous and absorbing debut novel about a chance meeting between two supernatural creatures in turn-of-the-century immigrant New York. Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay by a disgraced rabbi knowledgeable in the ways of dark Kabbalistic magic. She serves as the wife to a Polish merchant who dies at sea on the voyage to America. As the ship arrives in New York in 1899, Chava is unmoored and adrift until a rabbi on the Lower East Side recognizes her for the creature she is and takes her in. Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert and trapped centuries ago in an old copper flask by a Bedouin wizard. Released by a Syrian tinsmith in a Manhattan shop, Ahmad appears in human form but is still not free. An iron band around his wrist binds him to the wizard and to the physical world. Chava and Ahmad meet accidentally and become friends and soul mates despite their opposing natures. But when the golem’s violent nature overtakes her one evening, their bond is challenged. An even more powerful threat will emerge, however, and bring Chava and Ahmad together again, challenging their very existence and forcing them to make a fateful choice. Compulsively readable, The Golem and the Jinni weaves strands of Yiddish and Middle Eastern literature, historical fiction and magical fable, in a wondrously inventive tale that is mesmerizing and unforgettable.
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Summary
Summary
A New York Times bestseller
A 2013 New York Times Editor’s Choice
A 2013 Entertainment Weekly Best Book for Fiction
Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award
Finalist for the 2014 Audie Award for Fiction
Winner of the 2014 Mythopoeic Award for Best Adult Literature
Finalist for the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Novel
Finalist for the 2014 Locus Award
A USA Today bestseller
A Los Angeles Times bestseller
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2013 in Fiction
An Amazon Top 100 Book of 2013
An NPR bestseller
A 2014 Indies Choice Book Award Honoree for Adult Debut
One of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2013 in Fiction
A 2013 BookPage Best Book
Selected for the May 2013 Indie Next List
An AudioFile Editors’ Pick in May 2013
“An intoxicating fusion of fantasy and historical fiction. . . . Wecker’s storytelling skills dazzle." —Entertainment Weekly
A marvelous and absorbing debut novel about a chance meeting between two supernatural creatures in turn-of-the-century immigrant New York.
Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay by a disgraced rabbi knowledgeable in the ways of dark Kabbalistic magic. She serves as the wife to a Polish merchant who dies at sea on the voyage to America. As the ship arrives in New York in 1899, Chava is unmoored and adrift until a rabbi on the Lower East Side recognizes her for the creature she is and takes her in.
Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert and trapped centuries ago in an old copper flask by a Bedouin wizard. Released by a Syrian tinsmith in a Manhattan shop, Ahmad appears in human form but is still not free. An iron band around his wrist binds him to the wizard and to the physical world.
Chava and Ahmad meet accidentally and become friends and soul mates despite their opposing natures. But when the golem’s violent nature overtakes her one evening, their bond is challenged. An even more powerful threat will emerge, however, and bring Chava and Ahmad together again, challenging their very existence and forcing them to make a fateful choice.
Compulsively readable, The Golem and the Jinni weaves strands of Yiddish and Middle Eastern literature, historical fiction and magical fable, in a wondrously inventive tale that is mesmerizing and unforgettable.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Reviews
Reviews
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Unique and engaging
- I found this book at a used book sale and it was love at first sight. I absolutely loved every syllable.
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Interesting book, not too exciting, but really good
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This is my favorite kind of book. The magic is subtle, and the book is about great characters and human problems. One of my favorite books since I started listening to books on my runs.
The narrator is really good, although he's an older guy so it took me a little while to get used to some of his female voices.
Details
Details
Available Formats : | Digital Download, CD |
Category: | Fiction/Fantasy |
Runtime: | 19.71 |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
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