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Hexes of the Deadwood Forest : A Novel.
'Hexes of the Deadwood Forest' is an explosive debut novel about a woman who loses her job as an oil company CEO after shes filmed having sex with a tree in her sleep - a calamity that unravels her mind, spiraling her through history until shes united with a centuries-old coven of ecstatically revolutionary women. Perfect for fans of Olga Tokarczuk, Otessa Mosfegh, and Lauren Groff. Translator Scotia Gilroy grew up in Vancouver, BC.
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- ISBN: 9780771010279
- Physical Description: 336 pages ; 2 x 14 cm
- Publisher: Canada : McClelland & Stewart, 2026.
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| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | Library Bound Incorporated |
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| Subject: | FICTION / Absurdist FICTION / Nature & the Environment FICTION / World Literature / Poland |
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An explosive debut about a woman who loses her job as an oil company CEO after sheâs filmed having sex with a tree in her sleepâa calamity that unravels her mind, spiraling her through history until sheâs united with a centuries-old coven of ecstatically revolutionary women.
âYou are holding a torpedo of a book in your hand. Take a comfortable seat in your armchair. Its energy, humour, and rebelliousness will awaken your mind and change your way of thinking.â âOlga Tokarczuk, 2018 Nobel Prize Winner, Man Booker International Prize Winner, and finalist for the National Book Award
Anna Frenza hates the tyrannical tree huggers, the idiotic eco-warriorsâafter all, sheâs the CEO of Polandâs biggest oil company. But when her sleepwalking habit gets the best of her and sheâs caught on film making love to a tree, suddenly the tables have turned. Her career ends and, in the fallout, she uncovers her husbandâs devastating and completely startling deception. Her mind splinters until she is no longer Anna Frenza, CEO. Nowâwhether by delusion or possession of spiritâshe lives in the Duchy of Nysa, a medieval province ruled by the Catholic Church.
From her psychiatric bed, Anna falls in with Mathilde Spalt, leader of The Earthen Onesâa congregation of women who live in the woods and reject all patriarchy, instead engaging in ecstatic, sensuous worship of Mother Earth. Through Mathilde, Anna learns to love the forest, preaching and practicing the emancipatory practices of the Earthen Ones . . . until the Church decides to fell the forest and all the women within it.
Bold and entirely unexpected, Hexes of the Deadwood Forest is a collective rebellion and a collective orgasm, the death knell to the elevation of the erect. Take hold of your seat; the manâs story is coming to an end.
