#NowReading #novel

"There was a night when I was still lying in the bed of my mistress. Yes, I remember it. She wakes with a start, sits up, looks out. Others in the surrounding houses of the town, wake in the same manner. They don't know why. They are possessed by such a strange feeling. I observe them. I hear their thoughts. There's something not right, something awry. The salty air - as if the sea has flooded into their rooms. They don't know it yet, but still they sense it. The Earth turns slowly into modernity. And in the space of an imperceptible moment, the old world has succumbed conclusively to the new."

from The Wax Child by #OlgaRavn (2023)

@mrowster wow.. that is so well described, I almost read it like it was written today. I feel we are moving forward to another times right now!!
@leoschuldiner23 it really is an incredible book, set during the witch panics in Denmark in the 17th century. The prose, the pacing, and the inevitability of the story arc are all handled masterfully - I'd definitely recommend it. I'm reading the English translation, but I do believe it's been translated into Spanish as well.
@mrowster oh wow, I'll look for its spanish version!!