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Wax Child

Contributor(s): Ravn, Olga (Author), Aitken, Martin (Translator)

ISBN: 9780811238830

Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation

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Pub Date: September 30, 2025

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2025029791

Lexile Code: 0000

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Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.73" H x 7.51" L x 4.82" W ( 0.55 lbs) 176 pages

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Description: An astounding, haunting tale of accused witches--a book of sorcery itself--from the celebrated author of The Employees and My Work

Brief description: Martin Aitken has translated numerous novels from Danish and Norwegian, including works by Karl Ove Knausgaard, Peter Høeg, Ida Jessen, and Kim Leine. He won the PEN Translation Prize for his translation of Hanne Ørstavik's Love.

Review Quotes: The story is told by a doll carved from beeswax... a fascinating and totally inhuman consciousness, one of many startling feats in this book.--Emma Alpern "New York Magazine"

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