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The Golem and the Djinni

For fans of and .The Essex SerpentThe Mermaid and Mrs Hancock

Guardian‘By far my favourite book of of the year’

One cold night, two newcomers emerge onto the streets of 1899 New York, and it is never the same again.

But these two are more than strangers to this land, they are strangers to this world. 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.

Two companions who were never meant to be released, and never meant to meet. 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.

A glittering gem of a novel, as spell-binding as it is compelling, asks us what we’re made of and how we can break free.The Golem and The Djinni

‘One of only two novels I've ever loved whose main characters are not human’BARBARA KINGSOLVER


Author:

  • Helene Wecker

Narrator:

  • George Guidall

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 19 h 44 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Fiction
  • Contemporary fiction

4.4

58 ratings

Linda

02.02.2025

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    Helene Wecker

    Helene Wecker grew up near Chicago, and received her MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in New York. Her work has been published in the online magazine Joyland, and she has read from her stories at the KGB Bar in New York and the Barbershop Reading Series in San Francisco. After a dozen years of moving around between both coasts and the Midwest, she now lives near San Francisco with her husband and daughter. The Golem and the Djinni is her first novel.

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