Magic, power, fighting back against an oppressive patriarchy… witchlit is having a moment. Here’s why.
, revisiting the primal anger of powerful witches who have gone before is both cathartic and necessary.Drawing on male-oriented secret societies in Nigeria and West Africa,reflects specific female oppression in those cultures but also has a wider resonance: “I think that the world – and men – have always feared and sought to control women, to strip them of the things they find comforting and natural, to shoehorn them into spaces in which they can be defined and categorised,” says Emelụmadụ.
“It felt really important for me to write about the rediscovery of a lost power – whether that’s a literal, supernatural power as in the novel, or simply a belief in your own resilience – for two different reasons,” explains Hart. “Partly, I wanted to draw a link with feminism: a legacy of ideas handed down through generations of women.
“I had a stroke when I was in my mid-20s, which really impacted my self-perception. I developed a distrust of myself – not just of my body, which had failed me once and might do so again, but also my mind. I wasn’t sure if I would ever be strong enough to accept what had happened to me. But over the years I did learn to trust my own body again, and I realised that the future still held so many exciting possibilities. I became hopeful again.
One of our national writing treasures, Kirsty Logan’s latest tale is a deeply atmospheric, sometimes gory but ultimately uplifting quest as two girls – Lux and Else – move through a fascinating land blighted by witch killings and where women and girls are abused, violated and othered. Filled with rising power and dark anger, they head north to seek revenge in a story that will hold you tight and not let go .
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