Frances Goldin Literary Agency'den haberler
The Girl in the Road'un ilk uluslarası satışı Alman Heyne yayınevine yapıldı.
Helene Wecker'in The Golem &amo; the Djinni adlı eseri Rusya'da Azbooka yayınevine ve İspanya'da Tusquets yayınevlerine satıldı. Eserin satıldığı diğer ülkeler: Hollanda, Norveç, İtalya, İsrail, Almanya, Fransa, Polonya ve Türkiye.
Yorumlar:
Susan Bordo nun The Creation of Anne Boleyn adlı eseri için the New York Times yorumunu tıklayarak okuyun.
The Golem & the Jinni round-up:
Amazon.com, 4.1.2013
Best books of April review(Nisanda çıkan en iyi kitaplar)
“Imaginative and meticulously researched, this enchanting debut novel from Helene Wecker is, in reality, an historical fiction. Set primarily in turn-of-the-century Manhattan, it deliberately details the immigrant experience--the wonders and hardships of being in a new country and the discoveries, triumphs, and failures that follow--while bringing the city itself to life with such passion that New York of yore seems like a magical land. Beyond reality, however, The Golem and the Jinni, as the title implies, is also a fantastic work of fantasy. The Golem is an insatiably curious clay "woman" that was created to seem human while serving only her husband; the Jinni is a magical "man" whose fascination with mortals has left him nearly stripped of his own nature and forced to live as one. These mythical characters from otherwise clashing cultures not only coexist, but come to rely upon one another in order to exist at all. In turn, their story finds us not only rooting for them to find peace and happiness, but gaining a better understanding of our own human nature in the process. --Robin A. Rothman”
Locus Magazine, April 2013 sayısı
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“Unlike a more typical, deliberately focused romance where awkward early encounters soon blossom into love – tragic, absurd, or simply passionate – thiswork is free to wander. And Wecker pulls it off in grand style, wherever she chooses to go. . . .There’s magic here, if you know where to look. But wonder can have many guises. The nonhuman newcomers find it in what the locals take for granted: our own world, on the verge of modern times.”
Christian Science Monitor, 4.3.2013
Amazon.com’s Best Books of April feature/slide show w/ comments by Editorial Director Sara Nelson
BookPages’ Book Case Blog, 3.26.2013
Feature on 3 top debuts of May
BookPages’ Book Case Blog, 3.25.2013
Women to Watch in 2013 feature
“Wecker’s fresh, magical debut is already being compared to Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and is sure to receive an enthusiastic welcome from the thousands of readers who made The Night Circus a hit in 2011.”
Kirkus Reviews, 4.3.2013
Feature on SF/Fantasy books
Onion/AV Club, 4.1.2013
“What we are reading this month” feature
SF Signal, 4.1.2013
New book roundup/cover feature
Bookreporter.com, 4.1.2013
New books roundup
LivingReadGirl, 3.26.2013
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“Helene Wecker spins a golden tapestry of storytelling within these pages, blending historical fiction with fantasy fare (plus a touch of philosophy) with incredible ease. Weaving together two diverse cultures in such a suitable setting as New York, with both the human and supernatural characters equally as engaging, she casts a literary spell that kept me up until the wee small hours of the morning to complete this marvelous book. . . . I feel in my bones that The Golem and the Jinni will be high on many lists of Best Books of 2013. . . .If you're looking for a literary treat this spring, this is the one to put in your book basket.”
CozyLittleBookJournal, 3.28.2013
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“Not since Erick Setiawan's Of Bees and Mist have I fallen in love so instantly with a book that is essentially an extended fable. Like Setiawan's book, The Golem and the Jinni is a fable that reveals a lot about human emotions. . … It's a story of alienation, of differences and similarities in human experience, of religious difference and emotional connection. I think the success of the novel comes from the care Wecker takes to make all of the characters believable. Yes, two of the characters are supernatural, but their motivations and responses are so well thought out, that I believe them as characters. I feel for them. And the rest of the world Wecker creates is not supernatural. It is emotionally rich, realistic and fully fleshed out. This book is not a fantasy novel. It really is a fable. Helene Wecker is now on my "READ ANYTHING THIS AUTHOR WRITES" list, along with Erick Setiawan, Vincent Lam and Liza Klaussman.”
