The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
Ranked #16 in Jewish, Ranked #19 in Folklore — see more rankings.
Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic, created to be the wife of a man who dies at sea on the voyage from Poland. Chava is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York harbor in 1899.
Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert, trapped in an old copper flask, and released in New York City, though still not entirely free.
Ahmad and Chava become unlikely friends and soul mates with a mystical connection. Marvelous and compulsively readable, Helene Wecker's... more
Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert, trapped in an old copper flask, and released in New York City, though still not entirely free.
Ahmad and Chava become unlikely friends and soul mates with a mystical connection. Marvelous and compulsively readable, Helene Wecker's... more
Rankings by Category
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1) is ranked in the following categories:
- #45 in 2013
- #98 in Adult Fantasy
- #38 in Judaism
- #25 in Magical Realism
- #91 in Morality
- #61 in Mystical
- #87 in Mysticism
- #86 in Mythology
- #21 in New York
- #33 in New York City
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