A review by wildc
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

5.0

If you like magic realism, you'll love this book. In late 19th century New York a clay woman created by a Kabbalist meets a Genie (Djinni) freshly emerged from a lamp. The story of how they come to be there, their struggles to pass for human - and to make sense of the world of humans - and the characters they meet on their journey is captivating and faultlessly written from the first enticing page to the last sigh.