{"product_id":"the-golem-and-the-jinni-0848","title":"The Golem and the Jinni","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA marvelous and absorbing debut historical fantasy novel about a chance meeting between two supernatural creatures in turn-of-the-century immigrant New York.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An intoxicating fusion of fantasy and historical fiction. . . . Wecker's storytelling skills dazzle.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --Entertainment Weekly\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChava is a golem, a creature made of clay by a disgraced rabbi knowledgeable in the ways of dark Kabbalistic magic. She serves as the wife to a Polish merchant who dies at sea on the voyage to America. As the ship arrives in New York in 1899, Chava is unmoored and adrift until a rabbi on the Lower East Side recognizes her for the creature she is and takes her in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAhmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert and trapped centuries ago in an old copper flask by a Bedouin wizard. Released by a Syrian tinsmith in a Manhattan shop, Ahmad appears in human form but is still not free. An iron band around his wrist binds him to the wizard and to the physical world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChava and Ahmad meet accidentally and become friends and soul mates--unlikely souls connected despite their opposing natures. But when the golem's violent nature overtakes her one evening, their bond is challenged. An even more powerful threat will emerge, however, and bring Chava and Ahmad together again, challenging their very existence and forcing them to make a fateful choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompulsively readable, \u003ci\u003eThe Golem and the Jinni\u003c\/i\u003e weaves strands of Yiddish and Middle Eastern literature, historical fiction and magical fable, in a wondrously inventive tale that is mesmerizing and unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelene Wecker\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Golem and the Jinni\u003c\/i\u003e--which 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--and its sequel, book two of the trilogy, \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden Palace. \u003c\/i\u003eA 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 \u003ci\u003eJoyland \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCatamaran\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the fantasy anthology \u003ci\u003eThe Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and children.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Helene Wecker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52942075986205,"sku":"9780062110848","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9780062110848.jpg?v=1789594001","url":"https:\/\/www.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/the-golem-and-the-jinni-0848","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}