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Informationen zum Autor Kirsty Logan is the author of three novels, three story collections, a memoir, two chapbooks, a 10-hour audio play for Audible, and several collaborative projects with musicians and visual artists. Her books have won the Lambda, Polari, Saboteur, Scott and Gavin Wallace awards. Her work has been optioned for TV, adapted for stage, recorded for radio and podcasts, exhibited in galleries and distributed from a vintage Wurlitzer cigarette machine. She lives in Glasgow with her wife, baby and rescue dog. @kirstylogan www.kirstylogan.com Klappentext 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''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 Zusammenfassung 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 ' '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 ...
