I'm torn: this is an excellent piece of fiction: subtle, engaging, original... but one not to be read after over a year of pandemic. The themes of isolation, despair and abandonment hit too close to home, which is really a testimony to the author's talent of conveying these moods. So adroit is he in his descriptions that I could feel myself walking through the village and across the island just like the ghost inhabitants of the past.
Spooky, endearing, touching and heartfelt, this novel is worth a read. Reserve it for lighter days.

This copy was bought at my local bookstore in Ottawa

in the library