You Must Live

You Must Live is a novel by Michèle Roberts that blends historical fiction with psychological and spiritual reflection. The story follows characters navigating intense emotional and existential experiences, often moving between memory, imagination, and reality. As their lives unfold, they confront questions of identity, survival, love, and the meaning of existence, with the narrative shaped by shifting perspectives and inner voices. Lyrical and introspective, the novel explores themes of life, death, desire, and resilience, using a richly textured style that focuses on emotional depth and philosophical inquiry as much as plot.