Allan Massie, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, wrote in The Scotsman: "Zoë Wicomb's latest novel is dense and demanding, but rewarding. It calls for careful reading, as it moves back and forward in time, and to and fro between Scotland and South Africa."[4] Kirkus Reviews commented: "Though the setup is dramatic, Wicomb's writing is patient and meditative [...] its closing pages are genuinely affecting, intensifying the overall mood of heartbreak. A carefully crafted, if at times overly austere, study of home and loss."[5]
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