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jvzebel-x · 2 years ago

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"He'd lived so long in anticipation of his own death that to contemplate his future was like standing at the edge of a cliff staring into a vertiginous rush of open sky."

x. "The Golem and The Genie", Helene Wecker

"I am no saint, and he is no monster for me to slay."

x. "The Hidden Palace", Helene Wecker

#The Golem and The Jinni #The Hidden Palace #Helene Wecker #📚#so i had to wait an uncomfortable amount of time between reading these two bc of the library queue #&it was worth the wait these books were really good. they had a v specific feel that im having a hard time pinning #but also im not doing so well w words lately lol.#anyway the author is a Jewish woman who married a Syrian man iirc&these books were her merging their cultures #into an incredibly sweet&oddly well grounded story for one that centers around a jin&golem falling in love lol.#immigration is a pretty big influence here too; both of them end up in early 1900s usa by accident&stay bc they have nowhere else to go.#anyway there was a lot of detail so the reading felt a tad heavy at times but def worth it.

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