Unwilling to abandon her intuition
But when the two strike up a conversation--awkward but electrifying--something life changing begins
Akiko is so thin her bones hurt
the Duke has remarried and had a son
thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage
The Witch Portland-Vancouver Unwilling to abandon her intuitionLONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE "The Witch is Marie NDiaye at her most dazzling. In this simple, startlingly powerful novel, NDiaye lays out her central themes: familial secrets, power, shame, and liberation. NDiaye is one of the greats her novels are mesmerizing, wholly singular, completely unforgettable." Katie Kitamura, author of Audition In a small French town, a mediocre witch trapped in a cruel marriage cries watery tears of blood