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The Golem was made of clay to be servant and wife to a man who dies hours after waking her, on the ship to America. Widow and orphan, she is taken in by an old rabbi. Woken by an unsuspecting tinsmith in a Syrian community in New York City, the Jinni is a being of fire and freedom trapped in his human form, bound by an iron shackle on his wrist. Both rabbi and tinsmith believe the safest way is to teach them to behave human, but how long can they deny their reality? How long until someone finds
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An enjoyable book that tries to examine humanity from the viewpoint of non human characters. Both come across as extreme facets of human characteristics, though its difficult to imagine how else this could have been done.
The time and place was a new one for me, and led additional interest to the story, especially the differing immigrant cultures. The plot almost drifted into Romeo and Juliet territory, but managed to avoid it.
And apparently its book 1?
The time and place was a new one for me, and led additional interest to the story, especially the differing immigrant cultures. The plot almost drifted into Romeo and Juliet territory, but managed to avoid it.
And apparently its book 1?
Asks the question, "Can you act against your fundamental nature? And if you can't are you responsible for the outcomes?"
Several characters find their own answers, but the book does not judge between them.
A detailed cultural and period work, but with magic. ...more
Several characters find their own answers, but the book does not judge between them.
A detailed cultural and period work, but with magic. ...more
An excellent work of fiction well worth the one's patience.
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