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“The book is based on witch trials that began in the late 16th century and continued into the 17th century. Olga Ravn condenses this period of time and draws nine or ten of these real women into one storyline to create a really vivid set of characters: their lives, their preoccupations, their concerns. At the same time, Olga makes the witching doll, or the ‘wax child’ as she calls it, the point of view character. It’s an amazing writerly feat to create a consciousness out of an apparently inanimate object. To give it consciousness, sentience, a sensibility, and to carry that off for a whole novel. Some people might find that horrifying. I just thought it was magical.” Read more...
The Best Novels about Witches and Witch Hunts
Margaret Meyer, Novelist
