THE SHALLOWS, translated by Michiel Heyns

267pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2017

This novel, set in Cape Town and Stellenbosch, was first published in Afrikaans in 2015 as "Vlakwater".

Ingrid Winterbach is also the author of "Karolina Ferreira" (M-Net Prize and Old Mutual Literature Prize), "Buller se Plan" (W.A.Hofmeyr Prize), Niggie (Hertzog Prize), "Die Boek van Toeval en Toeverlaat" (M-Net Prize, W.A.Hofmeyr Prize, University of Johannesburg Prize) and "Die Benederyk" (M-Net Prize). She is also a well-known artist.