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Helene Wecker

The Golem and the Djinni

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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 mystical 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.
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630 printed pages
Publication year
2013
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  • Саша Черкасshared an impression4 years ago
    👍Worth reading
    🔮Hidden Depths
    💡Learnt A Lot
    🎯Worthwhile
    💞Loved Up
    🚀Unputdownable

    One of the best books ever. I’ll be hoping to watch a film someday:)

  • Refiloe Masitashared an impression6 years ago
    🔮Hidden Depths
    💡Learnt A Lot
    🎯Worthwhile
    💞Loved Up
    🌴Beach Bag Book
    💧Soppy

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  • Vladimir Vereshchaginhas quoted8 years ago
    What you’re missing is loneliness. All of us are lonely at some point or another, no matter how many people surround us. And then, we meet someone who seems to understand. She smiles, and for a moment the loneliness disappears. Add to that the effects of physical desire—and the excitement you spoke of—and all good sense and judgment fall away.” The Rabbi paused, then said, “But love founded only on loneliness and desire will die out before long
  • Vladimir Vereshchaginhas quoted8 years ago
    “Will you come again?” she asked.
    “Do you want me to?”
    “Yes,” she said.
    “Then I will,” he said, turning to leave; and he did not know if either or both of them were lying.
  • Vladimir Vereshchaginhas quoted8 years ago
    He waited to feel jealousy; none came.

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