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World Service,6 mins

The complicated family life of a witch

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The Witch is a novel by Marie Ndiaye and is translated by Jordan Stump. It's one of the six books nominated for the 2026 International Booker Prize. A rather mediocre witch, living in provincial France, struggles to keep her family together.

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