I was flabbergasted when I came across this review for Odessa by Gabrielle Sher. The book is about a young girl who’s murdered in the 1905 Odessa pogroms & is turned into a golem. I’d devoured it pretty quickly (it’s excellent!), so I actually searched the ebook to check for any small mention of Israel/Palestine I might have missed. Nope. Not a single reference.
I’ve read The Golem and the Jinni (Helene Wecker), Odessa (Gabrielle Sher), Milk Fed (Melissa Broder), and He, She, and It (Marge Piercy).
I’ve downloaded The Golem of Brooklyn (Adam Mansbach) and the Golem (Gustav Meyrink).
What’s your favorite golem story, and why?
eta my favorite so far is probably He, She, and It because I love dystopian stories, and it’s a really creative/unique take on the genre
I recently finished Clear by Carys Davies and loved it! It reminded me of Wild Dark Shore, which I read last year and also loved. Both books feature people living on remote islands, whose lives are disrupted when strangers show up unannounced. Both authors paint vivid portraits of their respective landscapes, so the islands themselves feel like proper characters. Any similar suggestions?
Try it in kimchi!
I made a paste with apple, onion, garlic, and ginger. Julienned a large daikon and sliced some garlic chives.
I weighed all these ingredients along with my cooked chicken of the woods (which was boiled for about 10 minutes in unsalted water).
Then I added 2% salt and 3% gochugaru, saeujeot & fish sauce, and some rice flour paste.
Just tried it after a 5 day ferment, and it’s pretty good!