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About this edition ISBN: 9780671454838, 0671454838 Page count: 105 Published: 1983 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Summit Books Original from: the University of Michigan Digitized: 1 April 2008 Language: English Author: Elie Wiesel, Anne Borchardt, Mark H. Podwal Editor: Elie Wiesel Translator: Anne Borchardt Illustrator: Mark H. Podwal "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 ass

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Author

as told by Elie Wiesel and illustrated by Mark Podwal

Publisher

Summit Books

Published

1983

Language

EN

ISBN

9780671454838

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Romance, Fiction, Fantasy

Rating

3.86 / 5 (113 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14