The Witch by Marie NDiaye — spellbinding
Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, this dreamlike, unsettling tale explores the terror and sorrow of a mediocre sorceress with meagre talents
Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, this dreamlike, unsettling tale explores the terror and sorrow of a mediocre sorceress with meagre talents

Alive with historical detail, this novel about a witch-hunt in 17th-century Denmark creates a subversive tapestry stitched…

In beguiling short stories with an undercurrent of ecological doom, Joy Williams finds the sweet spot between madness and genius

From witchcraft to sociopaths and confused kids — plus the latest from Danny Ryan and Nicci French

The director discusses her enchanting modern twist on ‘The Snow Queen’ starring Marion Cotillard — and why ‘artifice is more…

Astringent, unsparing and generous by turns, the Canadian writer’s memoir is as compulsively readable as her best fiction

Like tarot card readings and psychics, digital magic is part of a booming metaphysical services industry