![]() Most of the book involves the separate lives of Chava and Ahmad as they struggle to adjust to their new lives. The metalworker takes him on as an assistant, and names him Ahmad. He has lost much of his memory and many of his powers, and is trapped in human form. ![]() 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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