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Book review: Bewitching tale of magical realism exposes paradox of ‘witcherature’

In her spellbinding novel based on the Norwegian witch trials of the 1660s, Anya Bergman holds up a mirror to our present patriarchal society

Anya Bergman: Beneath the surface of The Witches of VardØ bubbles a potent feminist text. Picture: Lizzie McGhee