Now She is Witch
Published on 5. October 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-5291-1611-3 (ISBN)
Description
This is a witch story unlike any other.
Lux has lost everything when Else finds her in the woods. Her family, her lover, her home - all burned. The world is suspicious of women like her. But Lux is cunning; she knows how to blend into the background. And she knows a lot about poisons.
Else needs Lux's help to destroy the man who wronged her. But on their hunt they will uncover dark secrets that entangle them with dangerous adversaries.
From the snowy winter woods to the bright midnight sun; from lost and powerless to finding your path, Now She is Witch conjures a world where women grasp at power through witchcraft, sexuality and performance, and sometimes by throwing each other to the wolves.
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'A story that will hold you tight and not let go' Stylist
'Mesmerising and evocative...There are echoes of everything from the Brothers Grimm to Angela Carter' Observer
'Powerful, imaginative, compelling - myth-making at its best' Val McDermid
'An impassioned reclaiming of female desire...absorbingly atmospheric' Daily Mail
'Spooky, timeless, feminist, inventive, unsettling' Viv Groksop
Lux has lost everything when Else finds her in the woods. Her family, her lover, her home - all burned. The world is suspicious of women like her. But Lux is cunning; she knows how to blend into the background. And she knows a lot about poisons.
Else needs Lux's help to destroy the man who wronged her. But on their hunt they will uncover dark secrets that entangle them with dangerous adversaries.
From the snowy winter woods to the bright midnight sun; from lost and powerless to finding your path, Now She is Witch conjures a world where women grasp at power through witchcraft, sexuality and performance, and sometimes by throwing each other to the wolves.
*NO & OTHER LOVE STORIES, KIRSTY LOGAN'S NEW BOOK IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW*
'A story that will hold you tight and not let go' Stylist
'Mesmerising and evocative...There are echoes of everything from the Brothers Grimm to Angela Carter' Observer
'Powerful, imaginative, compelling - myth-making at its best' Val McDermid
'An impassioned reclaiming of female desire...absorbingly atmospheric' Daily Mail
'Spooky, timeless, feminist, inventive, unsettling' Viv Groksop
Reviews / Votes
Kirsty Logan's mesmerising and evocative novel represents an imaginative triumph in this new subgenre [of "witch lit"]... There are echoes of everything from the Brothers Grimm to Angela Carter in Logan's deceptively simple storytelling * Observer * Logan builds Lux's world with an eye for striking detail...the images snap and sizzle with portent and possibility * Guardian * One of our national writing treasures, Kirsty Logan's latest tale is a deeply atmospheric, sometimes gory but ultimately uplifting... a story that will hold you tight and not let go * Stylist * An impassioned reclaiming of female desire. Stuffed, Russian-doll like, with stories...an absorbingly atmospheric adventure * Daily Mail * A dark conjuring of a book: angry, powerful, hypnotic, told in prose of dazzling power. -- Kiran Millwood Hargrave Beautiful......fierce and dream-like...powerful...compelling, haunting, and enriching * Scotsman * Powerful, imaginative, compelling - this is myth-making at its best -- Val McDermid Spooky, timeless, feminist, inventive, unsettling... this book is every bit as atmospheric and compelling as you'd hope. -- Viv Groskop A hugely compelling book that seeks to rewrite what we think about witches. Dark, luscious prose wrapped around ideas that have enormous contemporary relevance. Kirsty Logan is at the height of her powers -- Heather Parry Powerful, beautiful and deeply unsettling. The prose is magical -- Sally MagnussonMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 191 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
245 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5291-1611-3 (9781529116113)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
01/2023
Vintage Digital
€8.99
Available for download
Person
Kirsty Logan is a professional daydreamer. Her first story collection, The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales, won the Scott Prize, the Polari First Book Prize and the Saboteur Award. Her first novel, The Gracekeepers, won a Lambda Literary Award and was selected for the Radio 2 Book Club and the Waterstones Book Club. A Portable Shelter won the Gavin Wallace Fellowship and Things We Say in the Dark, a collection of feminist horror stories, was optioned for TV. Her short fiction and poetry have been translated into Japanese, Spanish, Italian and Chinese, adapted for stage, recorded for radio and exhibited in galleries. She lives in Glasgow with her family.
@kirstylogan
www.kirstylogan.com
@kirstylogan
www.kirstylogan.com