ISLE

261pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2021

Historical novel that links the lives of two women on two islands - one a sculptor in 1289, the other a World War II lieutenant.

Claire Robertson is the author of The Spiral House, winner of the 2014 Sunday Times Fiction Prize and a South African Literary Award, The Magistrate of Gower, shortlisted for the 2016 Sunday Times Fiction Prize, and Under Glass, shortlisted for the 2019 Sunday Times Fiction Prize. She lives in Simon’s Town.