The Trial of Soren Qvist
“Some of the twentieth century’s most vividly imagined and finely wrought literature.”New York Times“A harmonious retelling of a seventeenth-century legend concerning a saintly pastor, his cherished daughter, and the villain who betrayed them…Miss Lewis’s artfully simple prose achieves the effect of an ancient, lovingly illuminated missal.”The New Yorker“Lewis has retold a true legend of Denmark in unadorned, free, and exciting prose. Here is a gruesomely fascinating story of such circumstantial evidence as to make the reader want to cry out in protest.”Saturday Review of Literature“Intriguing … Janet Lewis combines scrupulous research and exquisite craftsmanship to create stories of timeless human drama … must rank among the finest historical fiction in English.”Tim Gioe — WDCB FM Radio, Chicago