The Wax Child by Olga Ravn

Scott Broker

“a book about the 17th century witch trials in denmark that’s narrated by a wax doll? say less. eerie, prescient, and impressively expansive for a book so small.”

Anna

“Perfectly strange and dark and fucking rad. I love short books, but I didn’t want it to end.”

Natalie Bevilacqua

“A strange tale about the historic witch trials in Denmark and Norway, told from the perspective of a doll of wax created by a Danish noble woman during the 1600s. I went to several the author's book events when she came to the city and she was 1) a riotous delight and 2) proof my personal theory that you need to be weird to write weird. Also she said that she and her friends go into the woods and”