Random Thoughts

I can't speak to the Muslim side but as to the Jewish folklore... Well, accuracy is not a thing one can rate when it comes to folklore, but Wecker manages to do exactly none of the things that usually make me throw a Golem story across the room, which is a testament to how careful and skillful her storytelling is. And her early 20th century Lower East Side felt very real to me as someone whose grandparents grew up there.