![]() The jinni is freed from the jar but wears an iron bracelet that shows that he is still bound to a wizard. Meanwhile, in a New York neighborhood called Little Syria, a metalworker is astonished when he is repairing a jar and inadvertently releases a Jinni. He names her Chava and helps her learn how to live without a master. A rabbi sees the golem wandering the streets, realizes what she is, and takes her in. En route, he wakes the golem, but a few days later he dies, leaving the golem alone and confused in New York City. He smuggles the golem onto a ship headed from Europe to Ellis Island. A man commissions a life-like golem to be created for him with the expectation that it be his wife. In a way, the whole book is about learning how to love. ![]() It’s not a romance, but it has a love story that sneaks up on you. The Golem and the Jinni is a haunting, beautiful historical fantasy. Genre: Literary Fiction, Science Fiction/Fantasy ![]()
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