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Now She is Witch: ‘Myth-making at its best‘ Val McDermid by Kirsty Logan

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In this witch story unlike any other, Lux and Else join forces to take their revenge on a powerful man. Their journey through the wild world will uncover both secrets and danger.

Lux has lost everything when Else finds her, alone 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 exploit people's expectations, how to blend into the background. And she knows a lot about poisons.

Else has not found Lux by accident. She needs her help to seek revenge against the man who wronged her, and together they pursue him north. 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 of violence and beauty - a world where women grasp at power through witchcraft, sexuality and performance, and most of all through throwing each other to the wolves.

'Mesmerising and evocative...an imaginative triumph' Observer

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'An impassioned reclaiming of female desire. Stuffed, Russian-doll like, with stories,... an absorbingly atmospheric adventure' Daily Mail

'Logan builds Lux's world with an eye for striking detail...the images snap and sizzle with portent and possibility' Guardian

'Spooky, timeless, feminist, inventive, unsettling' Viv Groskop

'Myth-making at its best' Val McDermid



About the Author

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



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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 Magnusson
Now She is Witch is a beautiful, atmospheric, resonant tale that follows Lux and Else as they fight to be heard and to tell their own stories. Kirsty Logan shows the limited choices left to these women, and draws the reader into their struggles to take control of their own lives. -- Elizabeth Lee, author of CUNNING WOMEN
Now She Is Witch is a meticulously researched piece of fantasy * Skinny *
Kirsty Logan is one of the darkest and most playful of writers working right now * Stylist, *Books to Look Out For 2023* *



Book Information
ISBN 9781787303423
Author Kirsty Logan
Format Hardback
Page Count 352
Imprint Harvill Secker
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 540g
Dimensions(mm) 238mm * 158mm * 42mm

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