This book endures because it is so grippingly perplexing. The young men in the novel believe they have the original Golem of Prague in a coffin that was also used to spirit one of the main characters out of Nazi occupied Prague. If you have read any book on this list, it's probably this one. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay by Michael Chabon. If the danger of creation intrigues you, then you might dig these books where men give life to clay. As Chabon puts it, it is not the act of breathing life into the lifeless that makes the story of the golem so interesting, but the element of danger in bringing something to life. While there are many legends about what makes a golem go, they usually involve a learned practitioner of faith, a lot of chanting, a lump of clay and a word. Michael Chabon wrote that the myth of the golem endures because it mirrors the creative act itself.
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