The startling, witty, highly anticipated second novel from the critically acclaimed author of Atmospheric Disturbances
It is 1618 in the German duchy of Württemberg. Plague is spreading, the Thirty Yearsâ War has begun, and fear and suspicion are in the air throughout the Holy Roman Empire. In the small town of Leonberg, Katharina Kepler, an illiterate widow, is accused of being a witch.
Katharina is known for her herbal remedies and the success of her children. Her eldest, Johannes, is the Imperial Mathematician and the renowned author of the laws of planetary motion. Itâs enough to make anyone envious, and Katharina has done herself no favours by going out and about and being in everyoneâs business.
So when the deranged and insipid Ursula Reinbold (or as Katharina calls her, the Werewolf) accuses Katharina of making her ill by offering her a bitter, witchy drink, Katharina is in trouble. Her scientist son must turn his attention from the music of the spheres to the job of defending his mother. Facing the threat of financial ruin, torture and even execution, Katharina tells her side of the story to her friend and neighbour Simon, a reclusive widower imperiled by his own secrets.
Drawing on real historical documents but infused with the intensity of imagination, sly humour and intellectual fire for which Rivka Galchen is known, Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch will both provoke and entertain. The story of how a community becomes implicated in collective aggression and hysterical fear is a tale for our time. Galchenâs bold new novel touchingly illuminates a family and a society undone by superstition, the state and the mortal convulsions of history.
Categories:
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Fantasy
- Action & Adventure
- Fantasy
Publisher : Harper Perennial
Author : Galchen, Rivka
Language : English
Published :2021-06-08
Number Of Pages : 288
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 144342594X
ISBN-13 : 9781443425940
Item weight : 0.79 lb
Dimensions : 1.14 in x 5.67 in x 8.58 in
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