{"product_id":"the-golem-of-brooklyn-paperback","title":"The Golem of Brooklyn - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Mansbach\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe dazzlingly imaginative, ferociously funny story of an art teacher, a bodega clerk, and a five-thousand-year-old clay crisis monster, \u003c\/b\u003efrom the author of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eGo the F**k to Sleep.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A devastating romp through history, a bonkers road trip through America, this novel could not be any funnier--or any more important.\"--W. Kamau Bell\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Ashkenazi Jewish folklore, a golem is a humanoid being created out of mud or clay and animated through secret prayers. Its sole purpose is to defend the Jewish people against the immediate threat of violence. It is always a rabbi who makes a golem, and always in a time of crisis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Len Bronstein is no rabbi--he's a Brooklyn art teacher who steals a large quantity of clay from his school, gets extremely stoned, and manages to bring his creation to life despite knowing little about Judaism and even less about golems. Unable to communicate with his nine-foot-six, four hundred-pound, Yiddish-speaking guest, Len enlists a bodega clerk and ex-Hasid named Miri Apfelbaum to translate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEventually, The Golem learns English by binge-watching \u003ci\u003eCurb Your Enthusiasm\u003c\/i\u003e after ingesting a massive amount of LSD and reveals that he is a creature with an ancestral memory; he recalls every previous iteration of himself, making The Golem a repository of Jewish history and trauma. He demands to know what crisis has prompted his re-creation and whom must he destroy. When Miri shows him a video of white nationalists marching and chanting \"Jews will not replace us,\" the answer becomes clear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Golem of Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic romp through Jewish history and the American present that wrestles with the deepest questions of our humanity--the conflicts between faith and skepticism, tribalism and interdependence, and vengeance and healing.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Mansbach\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eGo the F**k to Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the novels \u003ci\u003eRage Is Back\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe End of the Jews\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the California Book Award), and \u003ci\u003eAngry Black White Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, and the memoir-in-verse \u003ci\u003eI Had a Brother Once\u003c\/i\u003e. With Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel, he co-authored \u003ci\u003eFor This We Left Egypt?\u003c\/i\u003e and the bestselling \u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to the Jewish People\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, Esquire, The Believer, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51999925961005,"sku":"9780593729823","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/aVyGarVdaj9780593729823.webp?v=1776595832","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-golem-of-brooklyn-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}