Episode 163: Helene Wecker Discusses THE HIDDEN PALACE, Sequel to Her Best-Selling Novel THE GOLEM AND THE GINNI
My guest is Helene Wecker, author of the novel THE HIDDEN PALACE. THE HIDDEN PALACE is a follow up to Wecker's 2013 debut novel, THE GOLEM AND THE GINNI. It follows the lives of two creatures of middle eastern myths, a female golem, which is a creature made of clay that is part of Jewish folklore, and a male jinni, a being of fire that is part of Arabian folklore, who meet by chance and become friends and more. Fearing they’ll be exposed as monsters, these magical beings hide their true selves and try to pass as humans, as just two more immigrants in the bustling world of 1900s Manhattan. The…
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