5/22/2023 0 Comments Djinni and the golem![]() ![]() The Golem’s master, a man named Otto Rotfeld, had smuggled her aboard in a crate and hidden her among the luggage. ![]() The year was 1899 the ship was the Baltika, crossing from Danzig to New York. The Golem’s life began in the hold of a steamship. And when they do, their opposing natures will be sealed by a special bond, but one that is threatened by watching eyes, roaming owners and a misunderstanding world.Ī glittering gem of a novel, as spell-binding as it is compelling, The Golem and The Djinni asks us what we’re made of and how we can break free. Two companions who were never meant to be released, and never meant to meet. From the depths of folkloric history come Chava the golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi and Ahmad, a djinni, born in the ancient Syrian desert and trapped in an old copper flask released accidentally by a tinsmith in a Lower Manhattan shop. One cold night, two newcomers emerge onto the streets of 1899 New York, and it is never the same again.īut these two are more than strangers to this land, they are strangers to this world. ![]() ![]() ‘By far my favourite book of of the year’ Guardian ‘One of only two novels I've ever loved whose main characters are not human’ BARBARA KINGSOLVERįor fans of The Essex Serpent and The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock. ![]()
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