![]() ![]() It combines the genre of historical fiction with elements of fantasy, telling the story of two displaced magical creatures in 19th century New York City. But a powerful threat will soon bring Chava and Ahmad together again, challenging their existence and forcing them to make a fateful choice. The Golem and the Jinni (published as The Golem and the Djinni in the United Kingdom) is a debut novel written by Helene Wecker, published by Harper in April 2013. The Golem and the Djinni is a sumptuous period piece about two brilliantly realised peopleothers, outsiders, aliens, I dare say, in every which waywho just so happen to be magical creatures. Though he is no longer imprisoned, Ahmad is not entirely free – an unbreakable band of iron binds him to the physical world.The Golem & The Djinni is their magical, unforgettable story unlikely friends whose tenuous attachment challenges their opposing natures – until the night a terrifying incident drives them back into their separate worlds. ![]() Trapped in an old copper flask by a Bedouin wizard centuries ago, he is released accidentally by a tinsmith in a Lower Manhattan shop. ![]() When her master, the husband who commissioned her, dies at sea on the voyage from Poland, she is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York in 1899.Ahmad is a djinni, a being of fire, born in the ancient Syrian desert. Two strangers, one destiny.Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic. ![]()
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