The Trial of Anna Thalberg

Eduardo Sangarca, Elizabeth Bryer

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English

Restless Books
02 January 2025

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Historical mysteries; Thriller & suspense

The witch hunt in Europe intensified between 1550 and 1650, decades after the Protestant Reformation and the Peasants' Revolt. It is right in the middle of these one hundred years of infamy that Anna Thalberg's story takes place.

Anna is a woman of singular beauty who is accused of witchcraft and taken by force to be tried. Klaus, her husband, and Friedrich, the village priest, will also travel to Wrzburg, where Anna has been incarcerated. They will use all available resources, seeking to stop the blind beast of the Inquisition, which is inexorable in trying to drag the woman to the stake.

Witches, werewolves, family spirits and even a demon who theologizes come together in these pages, but their presence is insufficient to hide the true horror: the inhumanity of the institutions, their manipulations and manufacturing of fear, and the arbitrary evil that nests in the heart of human beings.

By: Eduardo Sangarca
Translated by: Elizabeth Bryer
Imprint: Restless Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 181mm, Width: 127mm,
ISBN: 9781632063731
ISBN 10: 1632063735
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 02 January 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Eduardo Sangarca is the author of El desconocido del Meno (Fondo Editorial Tierra Adentro), a collection of short stories that was awarded the prestigious Premio Nacional de Cuento Joven Comala 2017. He is currently studying for a Ph.D. in Humanities with a specialization on Latin American literature of the Holocaust. He lives in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Reviews for The Trial of Anna Thalberg

“A novel that can be read with great emotion and great suspense, written with impressive formal virtuosity.” — Fernanda Melchor, author of Hurricane Season “A wonderful work that challenges the reader on multiple levels and communicates directly with our present.” — Cristina Rivera Garza, author of The Taiga Syndrome “A special emotion. A very absorbing novel showing power mechanisms that are still in force today and where the formal elegance of the narration is transformed into atmosphere and pure feeling.” — Julián Herbert, author of Bring Me the Head of Quentin Tarantino “With breathless rhythm and a raging as well as plaintive tone . . . the novel builds a magnificent celebration of the feminine.” — Le monde