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The Golem

Isaac Bashevis Singer

198283 pagesabout 1–2 hours
1982
first published
  • 1982Farrar, Straus, Giroux · 83 pages · ENG
  • 1983A. Deutsch · 83 pages · ENGISBN 9780233975344
  • 1996Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) · 96 pages · ENGISBN 9780374427467
PlayfulWhimsicalShort read

A clay giant miraculously brought to life by a saintly rabbi saves a Jewish banker who has been falsely accused in the Prague of Emperor Rudolf II.

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Written forMiddle grade

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