Pick up a copy of The Golem and the Jinni from Amazon in paperback ($13), hard cover ($15), Kindle edition ($9), or as an unabridged audiobook ($40).Īlternatively, you can buy it from the iBookstore for $9. She definitely has a gift, and I can’t wait to see what she writes next. I’m also surprised this is Helene Wecker’s first novel, given how excellent the writing is. Each of them struggles to adapt to American society, the same way any immigrant would.Īlthough I don’t know how the book ends, I’ve found TGATJ’s unique mixture of Jewish and Arab mythologies with American history quite compelling so far. The story revolves around a female golem (Chava) who is marooned in the city after her Polish-immigrant master dies at sea, and a jinni (Ahmad) who is accidentally released from an ancient copper kettle by a Syrian tinsmith, only to find himself mysteriously trapped in human form. TGATJ takes place in late-19th-century New York. I’m only about a third of the way in as of this writing, and totally hooked. Despite all the acclaim for the book I’ve heard and read, it took a potentially* spoiler-ish episode of the Technical Difficulties podcast-wherein they interview the book’s author, Helene Wecker-for me to finally pick up a copy. I’ve had The Golem and the Jinni on my Amazon wish list for a while.
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