{"product_id":"the-wax-child-olga-ravn-9780811238830","title":"The Wax Child","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn seventeenth-century Denmark, Christenze Kruckow, an unmarried noblewoman, is accused of witchcraft. She and several other women are rumored to be possessed by the Devil, who has come to them in the form of a tall headless man who gives them dark powers: they can steal people's happiness, they have performed unchristian acts, and they can cause pestilence or death. They are all in danger of the stake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Wax Child\u003c\/em\u003e, narrated by a wax doll created by Christenze Kruckow, is an unsettling horror story about brutality and power, nature and witchcraft, set in the fragile communities of premodern Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeeply researched and steeped in visceral, atmospheric detail, \u003cem\u003eThe Wax Child\u003c\/em\u003e is based on a series of real witchcraft trials that took place in Northern Jutland in the seventeenth century. Full of lush storytelling and alarmingly rich imagination, Olga Ravn also weaves in quotes from original sources such as letters, magical spells and manuals, court documents, and Scandinavian grimoires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Olga Ravn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811238830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811238830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Olga Ravn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46747561525503,"sku":"9780811238830","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9e862f23-e545-4e41-970c-68a0cd0f5ae3.jpg?v=1743584121","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wax-child-olga-ravn-9780811238830","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}