The Golem and the Jinni

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The Golem and the Jinni

Author:	Helene Wecker
Publisher:	HarperCollins, 2013 Blue Door, 2013
Series:	The Golem and the Jinni: Book 1
1. The Golem and the Jinni 2. The Hidden Palace
Book Type:	Novel
Genre:	Fantasy
Sub-Genre Tags:	Mythic Fiction (Fantasy) Historical Fantasy Magical Realism
Awards:	2013 Nebula Nominated 2013 Otherwise Nominated 2014 Mythopoeic Winner 2014 Locus FN Nominated 2014 WFA Nominated
Lists:	WWEnd Top Nominated Books Award Winning Books by Women Authors
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Synopsis

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.