“A magnificent writer” – Helen Dunmore, Guardian

“Michèle Roberts is one of those writers descended perhaps as much from Monet and Debussy as Virginia Woolf or Keats ... To read a book by her is to savour colour, sound, taste, texture and touch as never before” – The Times

“Her fictions are high-risk, unconventional ... The otherwise cautious reader is taken almost without realising it into dangerous and exhilarating territory” – Rachel Cusk

“A disciplined and elegant writer” – Observer

“Writing of such a high calibre can make you feel that the life of the mind is everything, that the acute observation and intelligence of the writer is a sort of mirror to what matters most in life … Strong and lustrous prose” – Susie Boyt, Financial Times

“Roberts's greatest skill is the insight with which she writes about women caught up in heightened states of awareness . . . Her writing breaks new ground” – The Times

“One of Britain's best novelists” – Independent on Sunday

“Roberts is at her best when she writes about food and sex, about feelings and desires that cut across boundaries of time and class” – Sunday Times

“Roberts's polished, ornately wrought prose adds depth and a sense of acute realism to her captivating story--which flows seamlessly between the protagonists as they take turns narrating this accomplished and inspired novel of wartime France.” – Starred Review for IGNORANCE, Publishers Weekly