The Golem and the Jinni
21 hrs. 24 min.
It’s hard to be a stranger among people; it’s even harder to be a foreigner. How do you settle in an unfamiliar country? How do you overcome misunderstanding, loneliness, and fear? How do you find your path and start a new life?
In 1899, two mythical beings end up in New York. A golem made of clay in female form is meant to serve her master faithfully—but she loses him on the way to America, and the sudden freedom turns into pure torment. After a thousand years of imprisonment, a djinn accidentally releases a tin-man from the New York district of Little Syria. A powerful desert spirit, completely forgetting everything that happened before his imprisonment, is helpless in a human body and dreams of breaking free from these shackles.
The revived characters of ancient legends are very lonely—but one night, in an empty city, their paths will cross… “The Golem and the Djinn” is a “metaphorical autobiography”—as the author admits, the novel is based on her own personal story, inspired by the similarities between two families belonging to different cultural traditions. In 2014, the book won the Mythopoeic Award for Best Novel.
In 1899, two mythical beings end up in New York. A golem made of clay in female form is meant to serve her master faithfully—but she loses him on the way to America, and the sudden freedom turns into pure torment. After a thousand years of imprisonment, a djinn accidentally releases a tin-man from the New York district of Little Syria. A powerful desert spirit, completely forgetting everything that happened before his imprisonment, is helpless in a human body and dreams of breaking free from these shackles.
The revived characters of ancient legends are very lonely—but one night, in an empty city, their paths will cross… “The Golem and the Djinn” is a “metaphorical autobiography”—as the author admits, the novel is based on her own personal story, inspired by the similarities between two families belonging to different cultural traditions. In 2014, the book won the Mythopoeic Award for Best Novel.
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