The Witch
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Book Overview SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE In a small, sleepy town, a mediocre witch, in a mediocre marriage, tries to pass on her gi...
SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE
In a small, sleepy town, a mediocre witch, in a mediocre marriage, tries to pass on her gifts to her twin daughters, who, it becomes immediately apparent, have skills far beyond her own.
"The Witch is classic NDiaye. Taut, spellbinding and strange, it unfolds with the disturbed logic of a fever dream." --The New York Times
"The Witch is Marie NDiaye at her most dazzling. In this simple, startlingly powerful novel, NDiaye lays out her central themes: familial secrets, power, shame, and liberation. NDiaye is one of the greats--her novels are mesmerizing, wholly singular, completely unforgettable." --Katie Kitamura, author of Audition
Lucie comes from a long line of witches, with powers passed down from mother to daughter. Many of them have hidden or repressed their gifts to appease disgusted or fearful men. But against the wishes of her controlling husband, Lucie initiates her twins into their family's peculiar womanhood when they reach the age of twelve. In a few short months, Maud and Lise are crying rich crimson tears, their powers quickly becoming more potent than their mother's, opening them to liberation and euphoria beyond what Lucie and her foremothers ever considered.
Equal parts dreamlike and disquieting, The Witch tells a tale as old as time, with a dark twist: Without looking back, children fly the nest, laying bare the tenuous threads of family that have long threatened to snap. With simmering tension and increasing panic, NDiaye's latest novel in English captures the terror and precarity of motherhood and marriage, and the uncertainty of slowly realizing that your progeny are more dangerous--to the world and to your heart--and freer than you ever could have dreamed.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Publisher: VINTAGE | ISBN: 9798217006
FormatPaperback
ISBN9798217006
EAN9798217006809
PublisherVINTAGE
Publication Date2026-04-07
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.25 Pounds
Length7.96 Inches
Width5.13 Inches
Height0.56 Inches
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