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Cohen-Janca, Irène

The Golem of Prague

56 pp. | Annick | March, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-55451-888-3 $24.95
(2) 4-6 Translated by Brigitte Waisberg. Illustrated by Maurizio A. C. Quarello. In 1892 Prague, an inquisitive boy, curious about a Golem story, visits the "forbidden attic" of the Old New Synagogue. The (lengthy) narrative flashes back to 1580, during the Inquisition era, where Rabbi Loew, the Maharal of Prague, creates a Golem to protect his people. Cohen-Janca's text incorporates Jewish folklore and mysticism within an Old World milieu. Quarello's illustrations of the medieval setting are hauntingly beautiful.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2017

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