ο»ΏIn *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 t
The golem and the jinni: a novel
β Scribed by Wecker, Helene
- Publisher
- HarperCollins;Harper Perennial
- Year
- 2013;2014
- Tongue
- en-ca
- Weight
- 329 KB
- Edition
- First Harper Perennial edition
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0062110845
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β¦ Synopsis
Chava, a golem brought to life by a disgraced rabbi, and Ahmad, a jinni made of fire, form an unlikely friendship on the streets of New York until a fateful choice changes everything.
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