Olga Ravn: The Wax Child
The author presents her new book, a mesmerising, frightening vision of a time when witches and magic were as real to the human mind as soil and seawater.
Based on an infamous 17th-century Danish witch trial of noble woman Christenze Krukow and her friends, The Wax Child details how tightly the pre-modern mind was gripped by the idea of magic and witchcraft.
Olga Ravn is one of the most acclaimed and original writers at work today. Her previous novel, The Employees, was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize, and longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award.
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This event is held at the Purcell Room Southbank Centre
The Purcell Room is located in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, which is open from 90 minutes before events start until they finish. It’s closed at all other times.
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