Golem and the Jinni A Novel

Name: Golem and the Jinni A Novel
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ISBN: 9780062110848

ISBN-10: 0062110845

ISBN-13: 9780062110848

Edition: N/A

Authors: Helene Wecker

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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…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 12/31/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.24" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English