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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.

About the Author :
Helene Wecker's first novel, THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI, was awarded the Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature, the VCU Cabell Award for First Novel, and the Harold U. Ribalow Prize, and was nominated for a Nebula Award and a World Fantasy Award. The sequel, THE HIDDEN PALACE: A TALE OF THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI, was be published in June 2021. A Midwest native, she holds a B.A. in English from Carleton College and an M.F.A. in Fiction Writing from Columbia University. Her work has appeared in literary journals such as Joyland and Catamaran, as well as the fantasy anthology The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and children. George Guidall has recorded over 1,700 audiobooks and is the recipient of many AudioFile Earphones Awards and two Audie Awards for Excellence in Audiobook Narration, as well as a Special Achievement Award in 2014 from the Audio Publishers Association. His forty-year acting career includes starring roles on Broadway, an Obie Award for best performance off Broadway, and frequent television appearances.

Review :
"A fascinating blend of historical fiction and Jewish and Arab folklore." -- "Library Journal" "A mystical and highly original stroll through the sidewalks of New York." -- "Booklist" "A spellbinding blend of fantasy and historical fiction." -- "Publishers Weekly" "An intoxicating fusion of fantasy and historical fiction...The book's magic, filtered through the old-time hustle and bustle of the Lower East Side, lingers long after the final page. Grade: A." -- "Entertainment Weekly" "An inventive and utterly lovely story." -- "Washington Post" "Dive in and happily immerse yourself, forgetting the troubles of daily life for a while. The Golem and the Jinni offers just such an absorbing experience." -- "USA Today" "From its eerie opening pages to its shattering conclusion, The Golem and the Jinni is an astonishing debut novel that sweeps us into a gaslit alternate reality rich enough to get lost in." -- "Tom Reiss, New York Times bestselling author of The Black Count" "History, magic, and religion braid together in old New York's tenements...The interplay of loyalties and the struggle to assert reason over emotion keep the pages flipping." -- "New York Times Book Review" "Magical thinking comes alive in an enchanting allegory of the immigrant experience as two mythical beings try to make sense of themselves and the world around them." -- "Family Circle" "Masterful...utterly unique and enchanting." -- "Barnes & Noble, editorial review" "The author makes you care enough about the humanity of these magical spirits to not only see them through to the end but also to regret that you've reached the last page." -- "New York Times" "Wecker maintains her novel's originality as she orchestrates a satisfying and unpredictable ending. The Golem and the Jinni is a continuous delight--provocative, atmospheric, and superbly paced." -- "Boston Globe" "Wecker writes skillfully, nicely evoking the layers of alienness that fall upon strangers in a strange land." -- "Kirkus Reviews" "With the intimate feel of a story handed down from generation to generation...the novel explores what it means to be human as Chava and Ahmad struggle to live and find love while overcoming the powerful adversary who threatens to destroy them." -- "Deborah Harkness, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Life"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781483005331
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Publisher Imprint: HarperCollins
  • Edition: Unabridged edition
  • Returnable: N
  • ISBN-10: 148300533X
  • Publisher Date: 23 Apr 2013
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Language: English


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