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The Wax Child
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Told from the perspective of a wax doll, this chilling tale is inspired by a real group of women accused of dark magic in seventeenth-century Denmark.
An astounding, haunting tale of accused witches—a book of sorcery itself—from the celebrated author of The Employees and My Work
LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NBCC GREGG BARRIOS BOOK IN TRANSLATION PRIZE
In seventeenth-century Denmark, Christenze Kruckow, an unmarried noblewoman, is accused of witchcraft. She and several other women are rumored to be possessed by the Devil, who has come to them in the form of a tall headless man who gives them dark powe...
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