?In The Golem and the Jinni?? a chance meeting between mythical beings takes readers on a dazzling journey through cultures in turn-of-the-century New York.
Chava is a golem?? a creature made of clay?? brought to life to by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic and dies at sea on the voyage from Poland. Chava is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York harbor in 1899.
Ahmad is a jinni?? a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert?? trapped in an old copper flask?? and released in New York City?? though still not entirely free
Ahmad and Chava become unlikely friends and soul mates with a m"connection. Marvelous and compulsively readable?? Helene Wecker's debut novel The Golem and the Jinni weaves strands of Yiddish and Middle Eastern literature?? historical fiction and magical fable?? into a wondrously inventive and unforgettable tale.
Amazon.com ReviewAn Amazon Best Book of the Month?? April 2013: Imaginative and meticulously researched?? this enchanting debut novel from Helene Wecker is?? in reality?? an historical fiction. Set primarily in turn-of-the-century Manhattan?? it deliberately details the immigrant experience--the