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Zusatztext "Her story is so inventive! so elegantly written! so well-constructed! it is hard to believe that it is her first novel?The books is so good that I wonder if there was some other-worldly power involved in its creation." Informationen zum Autor Helene Wecker ’s first novel, THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI, was awarded the Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature, the VCU Cabell Award for First Novel, and the Harold U. Ribalow Prize, and was nominated for a Nebula Award and a World Fantasy Award. The sequel, THE HIDDEN PALACE: A TALE OF THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI, was be published in June 2021. A Midwest native, she holds a B.A. in English from Carleton College and an M.F.A. in Fiction Writing from Columbia University. Her work has appeared in literary journals such as Joyland and Catamaran, as well as the fantasy anthology The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and children. Klappentext Helene Wecker's dazzling debut novel tells the story of two supernatural creatures who appear mysteriously in 1899 New York. Chava is a golem! a creature made of clay! brought to life by a strange man who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic. When her master dies at sea on the voyage from Poland! she is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York Harbor. Ahmad is a jinni! a being of fire! born in the ancient Syrian Desert. Trapped in an old copper flask by a Bedouin wizard centuries ago! he is released accidentally by a tinsmith in a Lower Manhattan shop. Struggling to make their way in this strange new place! the Golem and the Jinni try to fit in with their neighbors while masking their true natures. Surrounding them is a community of immigrants: the coffeehouse owner Maryam Faddoul! a pillar of wisdom and support for her Syrian neighbors; the solitary ice cream maker Saleh! a damaged man cursed by tragedy; the kind and caring Rabbi Meyer and his beleaguered nephew! Michael! whose Sheltering House receives newly arrived Jewish men; the adventurous young socialite Sophia Winston; and the enigmatic Joseph Schall! a dangerous man driven by ferocious ambition and esoteric wisdom. Meeting by chance! the two creatures become unlikely friends whose tenuous attachment challenges their opposing natures! until the night a terrifying incident drives them back into their separate worlds. But a powerful menace will soon bring the Golem and the Jinni together again! threatening their existence and forcing them to make a fateful choice. Marvelous and compulsively readable! The Golem and the Jinni weaves strands of folk mythology! historical fiction! and magical fable into a wondrously inventive and unforgettable tale. Zusammenfassung ?In 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 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 debut novel The Golem and the Jinni weaves strands of Yiddish and Middle Eastern literature! historical fiction and magical fable! into a wondrously inventive and unforgettable tale. ...
