“THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI is recommended to adults who enjoy a good story and have a childlike sense of make-believe.” - New York Journal of Books “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 Magazine She writes skillfully, nicely evoking the layers of alienness that fall upon strangers in a strange land.” - Kirkus Reviews A mystical and highly original stroll through the sidewalks of New York.” - Booklist “ spellbinding blend of fantasy and historical fiction.” - Publishers Weekly A fascinating blend of historical fiction and Jewish and Arab folklore” - Library Journal With a delightful blend of the prosaic and the fanciful, The Golem and the Jinni 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, author of A Discovery of Witches “Set against the vivid backdrop of New York City’s immigrant neighborhoods in the late 19th century, Helene Wecker’s tale of two fabled creatures has the intimate feel of a story handed down from generation to generation. 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.Ĭompulsively 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. But when the golem’s violent nature overtakes her one evening, their bond is challenged. An iron band around his wrist binds him to the wizard and to the physical world.Ĭhava and Ahmad meet accidentally and become friends and soul mates despite their opposing natures. Released by a Syrian tinsmith in a Manhattan shop, Ahmad appears in human form but is still not free.
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.Īhmad 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. She serves as the wife to a Polish merchant who dies at sea on the voyage to America. Wecker’s storytelling skills dazzle." - Entertainment WeeklyĪ marvelous and absorbing debut novel about a chance meeting between two supernatural creatures in turn-of-the-century immigrant New York.Ĭhava is a golem, a creature made of clay by a disgraced rabbi knowledgeable in the ways of dark Kabbalistic magic. “An intoxicating fusion of fantasy and historical fiction.
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