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For Centuries, Jews Have Remembered The Golem, A Creature Of Clay Said To Have Been Given Life By The Mystical Incantations Of The Mysterious Maharal, Rabbi Yehuda Loew, Leader Of The Jewish Community Of 16th-century Prague. Some Versions Have The Golem As A Lovable, Clumsy Mute; Others As A Monster Like Frankenstein's Who Turned Against His Creator, Giving A Vivid Warning Against Magic And The Occult. In This Beautiful Book, Elie Wiesel Has Collected Many Of The Legends Associated With This Enigmatic And Elusive Figure And Retold Them As Seen Through The Eyes Of A Wizened Gravedigger Who Claims To Have Witnessed As A Child The Numerous Miracles That Legend Attributes To The Golem. 'i, Reuven, Son Of Yaakov,' He Begins, 'declare Under Oath That Yossel The Mute, The Golem Made Of Clay, Deserves To Be Remembered By Our People, Our Persecuted And Assassinated, And Yet Immortal People. We Owe It To Him To Evoke His Fate With Love And Gratitude .... He Was A Savior, I Tell You.' Reuven's Golem Is No Fool Or Monster, But A Figure Of Intuition, Intelligence, And Compassion Who May Yet Return, Perhaps In Our Own Generation, To Protect The Jews From Their Enemies. Mark Podwal's Highly Imagi

Who reads The Golem : the story of a legend?

Author

as told by Elie Wiesel and illustrated by Mark Podwal

Publisher

Granite Impex Ltd

Published

1983

Language

EN

ISBN

9780671454838

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Romance, Fiction, Fantasy

Rating

3.86 / 5 (113 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14