It would be like pulling threads from a finely crafted garment to describe the whole., Wecker maintains her novel's originality as she orchestrates a satisfying and unpredictable ending. Clearly, otherworldly forces were involvedâ€¦the story is so complex and intricately woven that it does not lend itself to summary. A mystical and highly original stroll through the sidewalks of New York., THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI is recommended to adults who enjoy a good story and have a childlike sense of make-believe., Inventive, elegantly written and well-constructedâ€¦It's hard to believe this is a first novel. The Golem and the Jinni offers just such an absorbing experience., The premise is so fresh. In the best instances, you don't merely read a book-you dive in and happily immerse yourself, forgetting the troubles of daily life for a while. 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. 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. But when the golem's violent nature overtakes her one evening, their bond is challenged. Chava and Ahmad meet accidentally and become friends and soul mates despite their opposing natures.

An iron band around his wrist binds him to the wizard and to the physical world. Released by a Syrian tinsmith in a Manhattan shop, Ahmad appears in human form but is still not free. 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. 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. She serves as the wife to a Polish merchant who dies at sea on the voyage to America. Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay by a disgraced rabbi knowledgeable in the ways of dark Kabbalistic magic. 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. 'An intoxicating fusion of fantasy and historical fiction.

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