DIE GRAFDIGTER

268pp., paperback, Penguin Books, Cape Town, 2025

ISBN: 9781776380930

Psychological thriller

Moscow psychologist Mila Kozlowa was told her parents disappeared while on an expedition into space but she's no longer sure this is true. She senses her beloved grandmother, Babusja, is hiding something for her. When she meets a South African man who shares his wartime trauma with her, the fine line between reality and fantasy begins to blur.

Gerda Taljaard is the author of the novels ’n Engel in die hoenderhok, Kelder, Die laksman se dogter and Vier susters, which won the kykNET-Rapport fiction prize and an ATKV-Woordveertjie for prose. She lives in Pretoria.