PJ "Vote Green" CoffeyJan 23, 2023

#ABookYouShouldRead

You should read "The Golem and the Djinni" by Helen Wecker.

You should read it because:

- it's very charming in its depiction of 18th Century New York

- It mixes golems and djinn as concepts into a unified whole with thought and sensitivity being all sorts of lovely to semitic peoples

- the themes of being an outsider and finding community are touching.

You will like it if you read Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.

#Bookstodon #TheGolemAndTheDjinni #HelenWecker

Show threadDavid Brent 📚

@Homebrewandhacking Yes, yes, and yes! I loved this book. It's probably the most enthralling depiction of immigrant tenement life in NYC in the late 1800s that I've ever read.

(I also loved Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)

Jan 23, 2023 at 6:24pmWeb