Hexes of the Deadwood Forest
'Bold, surreal, feminist & ferociously funny' Service95
$27.99
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
2 June 2026
Summary
Anna Frenza hates the tyrannical tree huggers and the idiotic eco-warriors, after all, she’s the CEO of Poland’s biggest oil company. But then she finds herself in a trance, sleepwalking into the woods and making love to a tree, manically, all caught on camera. Her career ends and, in the fallout, she discovers her husband’s disturbing secret. Her mind splinters and whether by delusion or possession of spirit, she finds herself in medieval province ruled by the Catholic Church.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804443972 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1804443972 |
| Author: | Agnieszka Szpila, Scotia Gilroy |
| Publisher: | Bonnier Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Footnote Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 2 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 370g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 134mm x 29mm |
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About The Author
Agnieszka Szpila
Agnieszka Szpila (Author)
Agnieszka Szpila is one of Poland’s most critically acclaimed, bestselling, and transgressive writers. The Polish edition of Hexes of the Deadwood Forest was longlisted for the Nike Award, the country’s premier literary award, and will be published in at least nine countries around the world.
Scotia Gilroy (Translator)
Scotia Gilroy is a Canadian writer and translator of Polish literature. She holds a First Class Honours degree in English literature from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver and a diploma in Polish language and literature from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Scotia was shortlisted for the EBRD Literature Prize in 2022. She is an alumna of the National Centre for Writing’s Emerging Translator Mentorship in Norwich, and the BCLT’s summer school for literary translators.
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