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02570aam a22004098i 4500 001 8C6B7CE0495811EE9228709642ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230902011803 008 230519s2023 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2023018848 020 $a 059372982X 020 $a 9780593729823 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23/eng/20230519 100 1 $a Mansbach, Adam, $d 1976- $e author. 245 14 $a The golem of Brooklyn : $b a novel / $c by Adam Mansbach. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2309 264 1 $a New York : $b One World, $c [2023] 300 $a pages cm 520 $a "In 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. But 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. Eventually, The Golem learns English by binging Curb Your Enthusiasm 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Golem $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Jews $z New York $z New York $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Jewish mythology $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Humorous fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Satirical literature. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 776 08 $i Online version: 776 08 $a Mansbach, Adam, 1976- $t Golem of Brooklyn $d New York : One World, 2023 $z 9780593729830 $w (DLC) 2023018849 941 $a 6 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240524010514.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20240307012346.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240127012418.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20240104010406.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20231114010446.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20230926010249.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8C6B7CE0495811EE9228709642ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search