Synopsis:
“An immigrant tale that
combines elements of Jewish and Arab folk mythology, The Golem and the Jinni tells the story of two supernatural
creatures who arrive separately in New York in 1899. One is a golem, created
out of clay to be her master’s wife—but he dies at sea, leaving her disoriented
and overwhelmed as their ship arrives in New York Harbor. The other is a jinni,
a being of fire, trapped for a thousand years in a copper flask before a
tinsmith in Manhattan’s Little Syria releases him.
Each unknown to the other, the Golem and the Jinni explore the
strange and altogether human city. Chava, as a kind old rabbi names her, is
beset by the desires and wishes of others, which she can feel tugging at her.
Ahmad, christened by the tinsmith who makes him his apprentice, is aggravated
by human dullness. Both must work to create places for themselves in this new
world, and develop tentative relationships with the people who surround them.
And then, one cold and windy night, their paths happen to meet.”
-Helene
Wecker
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