The Secret Palace. A novel about a golem and a genie.
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For the first time in Russian - a continuation of 'the best debut in the genre of magical realism since 'Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell' by Susanna Clarke' (BookPage). Havva is a golem created from clay in the Old World, she is no longer as afraid of New York crowds, but still feels human desires and strives to help people. Djinn Ahmad is a creature of fiery nature, imprisoned in a copper lamp for a thousand years, now trapped in human form in the area of New York known as Little Syria. Havva and Ahmad try to understand their relationship - and also change the lives of the people fate brings them into contact with. For example, Sofia Winston, heiress to a multimillion-dollar estate, after brief encounters with Ahmad suffering from a mysterious illness, goes in search of a cure in the Middle East - and there she meets a young jinni who is not afraid of iron and was therefore exiled from her tribe...
Author:
Author:Wacker H.
Cover:
Cover:hardcover
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Science Fiction
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Dimensions:
Dimensions:21.6x15x3.8 cm
Series:
Series:Big Novel
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
Product type:
Product type:partial lacquering, color embossing, volumetric embossing
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-389-23298-3
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