Shell follow orders, unless she goes nuts and starts destroying things. Instead, he visits a man named Yehudah Schaalman, and has a Golem made: a clay person who looks and acts human. And when they do, their opposing natures will be sealed by a special bond, but one that is threatened by watching eyes, roaming owners and a misunderstanding world.Ī glittering gem of a novel, as spell-binding as it is compelling, The Golem and The Djinni asks us what we’re made of and how we can break free. The Golem and the Jinni Summary A man named Otto Rotfeld wants a wife. Two companions who were never meant to be released, and never meant to meet. From the depths of folkloric history come Chava the golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi and Ahmad, a djinni, born in the ancient Syrian desert and trapped in an old copper flask released accidentally by a tinsmith in a Lower Manhattan shop. One cold night, two newcomers emerge onto the streets of 1899 New York, and it is never the same again.īut these two are more than strangers to this land, they are strangers to this world. The novel follows the lives of two dramatically different magical beings dropped onto the streets of New York City in 1899.
‘By far my favourite book of of the year’ Guardian
‘One of only two novels I've ever loved whose main characters are not human’ BARBARA KINGSOLVERįor fans of The Essex Serpent and The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock.
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