The Golem and the Djinni

Paperback. Pub Date :2014-03-13 Pages: 656 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins New York. 1899 Two strangers. one destiny.Chava is a golem. a creature made of clay. brought to life by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles. in dark Kabbalistic magic. When her master. the husband who commissioned her. dies at sea on the voyage from Poland. she is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York in 1899.Ahmad is a djinni. a being of fire. born . in the ancient Syrian desert Trapped in an old copper flask by a Bedouin wizard centuries ago. he is released accidentally by a tinsmith in a Lower Manhattan shop Though he is no longer imprisoned. Ahmad is not entirely free -. an unbreakable band of iron binds him to the physical world.The Golem & The Djinni is their magical. unforgettable story; unlikely friends whose tenuous attachment challenges their opposing natures - until the n...