Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
Welcome to New York City in 1899. At this time, in many ways, the city is still being settled and forging its identity, an identity comprised of all the different people arriving from different for...
Narrator Point of View
The Golem and the Jinni hops around through a few different characters, like the Jinni invading the dreams of an unsuspecting Bedouin maiden. Except in this case, Helene Wecker alternating between...
What's Up With the Title?
This book is called The Golem and the Jinni, which means it's about a Golem and a Jinni. Go figure, right? You don't get much simpler than this. Alternate titles found on the editing floor, like Th...
What's Up With the Ending?
At the end of the Golem and the Jinni, all our characters come together in an epic showdown of good and evil. Well, in a showdown of Jinni and Golem versus selfish wizard—it's not like the fate o...
Tough-o-Meter
Even though the New York of 1899 is a mélange of different languages and cultures that can be nearly impossible for a newcomer to navigate and comprehend, reading The Golem and the Jinni is like h...