{"product_id":"9780060959456","title":"Golems of Gotham","description":"Part ghost story, part haunting fable inspired by Jewish mysticism and folklore, \u003ci\u003eThe Golems of Gotham\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Oliver Levin, a bestselling gothic mystery writer and his teenage daughter, Ariel, who suddenly emerges as a precocious klezmer violinist and amateur kabbalist.  Ariel tries to bring her father out of writer's block by summoning the spirit of his dead parents, both Holocaust survivors and suicide victims.  On the surface it is a story about a daughter's longing to rescue her father.  But on another level, \u003ci\u003eThe Golems of Gotham\u003c\/i\u003e is a wildly imaginative exploration of how the Holocaust became part of our shared consciousness, and what will happen once it retreats from the center of our collective memory.  \u003cp\u003eBy invoking the ancient legend of the Golem, the novel pays tribute to the way imagination is used in the spirit of repair.  It also contemplates the price that artists pay when they look too deeply into the heart of atrocity, illuminating how the mind conjures both its own prison, and liberation.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThane Rosenbaum is the author of the critically-acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eSecond Hand Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e and a novel in stories, \u003ci\u003eElijah Visible\u003c\/i\u003e.  He frequently writes for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e.  He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007822446832,"sku":"9780060959456","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060959456_p0.jpg?v=1763620523","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060959456","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}